Native range
Native plants of New York
175 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in New York, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 163 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
Showing 1 to 60 of 193 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; New York 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 193 plants, 179 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.
FoliageHay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
FoliageMaidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
FoliageMarginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
FoliageChristmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
FoliageCinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
FoliageSensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
FoliageEastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
FoliageLady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
FoliageRoyal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
FoliageOstrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Common Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Full sunZones 3–817 ftModerate
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Full sunZones 4–93 ftHigh
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Part shadeZones 4–88.5 ftModerate
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Eastern Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
FoliageWild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
Part shadeZones 3–925 ftModerate
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Part sunZones 4–920 ftModerate
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Common Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Linden
Tilia americana
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
FoliageEastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
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
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Full sunZones 4–940 ftModerate
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Recorded across New York
How many of the state's 62 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in New York; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 173 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- Hay Scented Fern
- Maidenhair Fern
- Marginal Wood Fern
- Christmas Fern
- Cinnamon Fern
- Sensitive Fern
- Eastern White Pine
- Lady Fern
- Royal Fern
- Ostrich Fern
- Buttonbush
- Common Witch Hazel
- American Hophornbeam
- Bottlebrush Grass
- Rosy Sedge
- Soft Rush
- Cardinal Flower
- Mapleleaf Viburnum
- Blue Wood Aster
- Eastern Star Sedge
- Black Chokeberry
- White Turtlehead
- Wild Bee Balm
- False Solomon's Seal
- Great Blue Lobelia
- Mayapple
- Silky Dogwood
- Winterberry
- Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
- Brome-Like Sedge
- Northern Blue Flag Iris
- Pennsylvania Sedge
- Swamp Milkweed
- Chokecherry
- Eastern Red Columbine
- Wild Ginger
- American Hornbeam
- Nannyberry Viburnum
- New Jersey Tea
- Northern Red Oak
- Possumhaw Viburnum
- Downy Serviceberry
- Golden Alexanders
- Northern Bush Honeysuckle
- Common Pussy Willow
- Little Bluestem
- Spotted Joe Pye Weed
- American Elderberry
- American Linden
- American Wintergreen
- Carolina Rose
- Common Sneezeweed
- Eastern Hemlock
- New England Aster
- Red Elderberry
- Redosier Dogwood
- Spicebush
- American Cranberrybush Viburnum
- Black Gum
- Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
- Seersucker Sedge
- Virginia Creeper
- Wild Geranium
- Pagoda Dogwood
- Smooth Solomon's Seal
- White Wood Aster
- Allegheny Serviceberry
- Arborvitae
- Bunchberry
- Common Hackberry
- Eastern Red Cedar
- Quaking Aspen
- Red Maple
- Common Milkweed
- False Sunflower
- Golden Ragwort
- Staghorn Sumac
- Tulip Tree
- Zigzag Goldenrod
- American Hazelnut
- Appalachian Sedge
- Flowering Dogwood
- Purple Lovegrass
- Sugar Maple
- White-Tinged Sedge
- Indiangrass
- Paper Birch
- Smooth Blue Aster
- Common Black-Eyed Susan
- Sweet Joe Pye Weed
- Common Snowberry
- Mountain Laurel
- Swamp White Oak
- Culver's Root
- Gray's Sedge
- Black Cohosh
- Long-Beaked Sedge
- Potentilla
- Smooth Sumac
- White Oak
- Butterfly Weed
- Cucumbertree Magnolia
- Tufted Hairgrass
- Shadblow Serviceberry
- Silver Maple
- Switchgrass
- Fragrant Sumac
- Kinnikinnick
- Northern Bayberry
- Red Chokeberry
- Rosebay Rhododendron
- Woodland Phlox
- Bristleleaf Sedge
- Brown-Eyed Susan
- Bur Oak
- Creeping Phlox
- Hollow Joe Pye Weed
- Honeylocust
- Ninebark
- Roundleaf Ragwort
- Virginia Bluebells
- New York Aster
- Swamp Azalea
- Pin Oak
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Pinxterbloom Azalea
- Woodland Stonecrop
- Chinkapin Oak
- Coral Honeysuckle
- Whorled Milkweed
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Trumpet Vine
- Blackhaw
- Smooth Hydrangea
- Chives
- Kentucky Coffeetree
- New York Ironweed
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
- Summersweet
- American Alumroot
- Arrowwood
- River Birch
- Sideoats Grama
- American Holly
- Common Pawpaw
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Clustered Mountain Mint
- Dense Blazing Star
- Common Persimmon
- Creeping Jacob's Ladder
- Blue Indigo
- Eastern Redbud
- Nodding Onion
- Sweetbay Magnolia
- Dutchman's Pipe
- Prairie Junegrass
- Willow Oak
- Inkberry Holly
- Southern Blue Flag
- Swamp Sunflower
- Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
- Purple Coneflower
- White Fringetree
- Pink Muhly Grass
- Prairie Dropseed Grass
- Alkali Sacaton
- Bald Cypress
- Kalm's St. John's Wort
- Pale Purple Coneflower
- Prairie Blazing Star
- Prairie Smoke
- Blue Mistflower
- Gray-Headed Coneflower
Garden forms of New York natives
163 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in New York and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.
- Abbotswood
- 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
- Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush
- Balmy Purple
- Bar Harbor Juniper
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Berry Scape Aronia
- Black Hills Spruce
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Chip Juniper
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Blue Rug Juniper
- Bobee Northern Bayberry
- Brandywine Viburnum
- Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel
- Bronze Wave Coral Bells
- 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
- Cobalt-n-Gold Hypericum
- Coconut Lime
- Columnar White Pine
- Compact Andorra Juniper
- Coppertina
- Crème Brûlée
- Crimson Comet Buttonbush
- Crimson Trumpet
- Danica
- 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
- Drummond's Pink
- Dwarf Alberta Spruce
- 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
- Goldfinger
- Goldilocks
- Goldsturm
- Grand Marshall
- Green Jewel
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac
- Happy Face Yellow
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Holmstrup
- Hummingbird
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Jeddeloh Hemlock
- Lavender Twist
- Lemony Lace Elderberry
- Little Devil
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Magnus
- Major Wheeler
- Mango Tango
- McKay's White
- Moonbeam
- New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'
- New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'
- Northwind
- Nugget
- Orange Whisper
- Pardon My Purple
- Patricia Ballard
- Peve Minaret
- Pink Beauty
- Pink Double Delight
- Pink Spire
- Pink Whisper
- PowWow Wild Berry
- Prairie Sun
- Professor Kippenberg
- Purple Beauty
- Purple Dome
- Purple Rooster
- Rainbow Pillar
- Red Ace
- Red Sprite
- Red Wings
- Rheingold
- 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
- Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops
- Sugar Shack Buttonbush
- Summer Wine
- Sunny Boulevard St. John's Wort
- Tangerine
- Techny
- The Rising Sun
- Tiger Eyes Sumac
- Tiny Wine
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- Vanilla Spice
- Weeping Hemlock
- Weeping White Pine
- White Delight
- White Swan
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
- Zagreb
Plant groups native to New York
18 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in New York; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
Keep exploring
Native to your own county
This page is the whole state. In the free garden planner, enter your ZIP and Garden Check lists these same plants for your location, marks the ones recorded growing wild in your county, and places any of them in your plan; its Browse tab answers for any of the 65 states, provinces and territories with no account.
Design your garden
Drop plants onto a 3D plan, see how they fill in, and watch the whole garden bloom across the year.