Native range

Native plants of Connecticut

164 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Connecticut, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 152 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 183 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Connecticut is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 183 plants, 169 have been checked against outside sources (4 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate
Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Long-Beaked Sedge
Carex sprengelii
Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Red Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh

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