Native range

Native plants of Kentucky

182 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Kentucky, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 154 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 180 of 201 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; Kentucky 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 201 plants, 188 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.

Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Foliage
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Full sunZones 4–959 ftHigh
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Part sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate
Possumhaw Holly
Ilex decidua
Full sunZones 5–912 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Indian Pink
Spigelia marilandica
Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia macrophylla
Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Part shadeZones 5–912 inLow
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
Part shadeZones 4–816 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate
Creeping Woodland Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Canby's Mountain Lover
Paxistima canbyi
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Common Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Carolina Lupine
Thermopsis villosa
Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow

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