Native range

Native plants of Delaware

144 wild species and 17 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Delaware, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 122 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 161 of 161 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; Delaware 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 161 plants, 148 have been checked against outside sources (2 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.

Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Foliage
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bluestar
Amsonia
Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh

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