Native range
Native plants of Maryland
189 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Maryland, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 160 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
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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; Maryland 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 208 plants, 193 have been checked against outside sources (5 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.
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Recorded across Maryland
How many of the state's 24 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in Maryland; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 69 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- White-Tinged Sedge
- Eastern Star Sedge
- Pennsylvania Sedge
- Rosy Sedge
- Brome-Like Sedge
- Eastern Red Cedar
- False Solomon's Seal
- Smooth Solomon's Seal
- Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
- Cinnamon Fern
- Gray's Sedge
- Lady Fern
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Maidenhair Fern
- Royal Fern
- Sensitive Fern
- Trumpet Vine
- Hay Scented Fern
- Marginal Wood Fern
- Ostrich Fern
- Bur Oak
- Eastern White Pine
- Zigzag Goldenrod
- Eastern Hemlock
- Possumhaw Holly
- Spotted Joe Pye Weed
- Appalachian Sedge
- Bald Cypress
- Kentucky Coffeetree
- Sideoats Grama
- Texas Sedge
- Adam's Needle
- Arborvitae
- Blue Indigo
- Dwarf Crested Iris
- Nodding Onion
- Northern Blue Flag Iris
- Quaking Aspen
- Common Pussy Willow
- Common Snowberry
- Crossvine
- Dutchman's Pipe
- Little Bluestem
- Nannyberry Viburnum
- Queen of the Prairie
- Seersucker Sedge
- Smooth Blue Aster
- Southern Blue Flag
- Southern Wax Myrtle
- Tufted Hairgrass
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Winterberry
- Bunchberry
- Canby's Mountain Lover
- Common Persimmon
- Dense Blazing Star
- Indiangrass
- Kinnikinnick
- Mountain Laurel
- New York Ironweed
- Northern Bayberry
- Pink Muhly Grass
- Prairie Dropseed Grass
- Purple Lovegrass
- Red Chokeberry
- Soft Rush
- Swamp Azalea
- Swamp Sunflower
- Switchgrass
Garden forms of Maryland natives
160 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in Maryland and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.
- Alba Gayfeather
- Alma Pötschke
- Alpine Carpet Juniper
- Amazing Grace
- Amber Jubilee
- Amethyst Falls Wisteria
- Annabelle
- Appalachian Red
- Aquavita Juniper
- Arctic Fire Red Twig Dogwood
- Arctic Fire Yellow Dogwood
- Athena Gold False Sunflower
- Autumn Bride Coral Bells
- Autumn Colors
- Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
- Balmy Purple
- Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Berry Scape Aronia
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Blue Paradise
- Bobee Northern Bayberry
- Brandywine Viburnum
- Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel
- Bright Eyes
- Bronze Wave Coral Bells
- Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
- Bunny Blue Sedge
- Candy Stripe
- Caramel
- Carol Mountain Laurel
- Carousel Mountain Laurel
- Cheer Drops Arborvitae
- Cherokee Brave
- Cherokee Chief
- Cherokee Princess
- Cherry Berries Wintergreen
- Cherry Brandy
- Citronelle
- Claire Grace
- Cloud Nine
- Color Guard Yucca
- Columnar White Pine
- Coppertina
- Coral Flame
- Crème Brûlée
- Crimson Comet Buttonbush
- Crimson Trumpet
- Danica
- David
- DeGroot's Spire
- Densa Inkberry
- Denver Daisy
- Deschampsia Goldtau Grass
- Designer Threads Golden Needles Coreopsis
- Designer Threads Heartstrings Coreopsis
- Designer Threads Scarlet Ribbons Coreopsis
- Diabolo
- DreamScape Hydrangea
- Dressed To Thrill Crossvine
- Drummond's Pink
- Dwarf White Pine
- Early Sunrise
- Elf Mountain Laurel
- Emerald Blue
- Emerald Green
- Emerald Pink
- Eye Candy Moss Phlox
- Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
- Falling Waters
- Fire Chief
- Fireworks Goldenrod
- Flame Thrower
- Forest Pansy
- Gentsch White
- Golden Globe
- Goldilocks
- Goldsturm
- Grand Marshall
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Henry's Garnet Sweetspire
- Holmstrup
- Hummingbird
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Jeana
- Jeddeloh Hemlock
- Laura
- Lavender Twist
- Lemony Lace Elderberry
- Little Devil
- Little Henry Sweetspire
- Luminary Ultraviolet
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Major Wheeler
- Moonbeam
- New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'
- New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'
- Nicky
- Northwind
- Nugget
- October Skies
- Orange Perfection
- Pardon My Purple
- Patricia Ballard
- Peve Minaret
- Pink Spire
- Prairie Sun
- Professor Kippenberg
- Purple Beauty
- Purple Dome
- Purple Phlox
- Purple Rooster
- Rainbow Pillar
- Raydon's Favorite
- Red Sprite
- Red Wings
- Rheingold
- River Mist
- Robert Poore
- Route 66
- Royal White Redbud
- Ruby Falls
- Ruby Spice
- Sarah Mountain Laurel
- Scarlet Flame
- Shamrock Inkberry Holly
- Shawnee Brave
- Shenandoah
- Sienna Sunset
- Sixteen Candles
- Snow Flurry
- Starfire
- Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops
- Sugar Shack Buttonbush
- Summer Wine
- Techny
- The Rising Sun
- Tiger Eyes Sumac
- Tiny Wine
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- Vanilla Spice
- Weeping Hemlock
- Weeping White Pine
- White Delight
- White Flame
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
- Zagreb
Plant groups native to Maryland
19 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in Maryland; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
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