Native range

Native plants of Massachusetts

155 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Massachusetts, 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 173 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; Massachusetts 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 173 plants, 161 have been checked against outside sources (1 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.

Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Part shadeZones 4–88.5 ftModerate
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
American Linden
Tilia americana
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Part shadeZones 4–95 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Full sunZones 4–915 ftModerate
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Full sunZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Long-Beaked Sedge
Carex sprengelii
Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate

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