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 on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 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.

Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–945 ftModerate
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Foliage
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Common Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Long-Beaked Sedge
Carex sprengelii
Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate
Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate

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