Native range

Native plants of Michigan

161 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Michigan, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 138 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 179 of 179 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; Michigan 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 179 plants, 167 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.

Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum
Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Full sunZones 4–915 ftModerate
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Red Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
White Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Foliage
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Cinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Common Blue Grama Grass
Bouteloua gracilis
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Great Burnet
Sanguisorba officinalis
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Foliage
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
Foliage
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh
Foam Flower
Tiarella
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate

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