Native range

Native plants of North Carolina

201 wild species and 20 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in North Carolina, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 168 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 221 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; North Carolina 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 221 plants, 205 have been checked against outside sources (6 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.

Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Part shadeZones 4–95 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Eastern Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
American Linden
Tilia americana
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata
Full sunZones 5–943 ftModerate
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Foliage
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Southern Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Full sunZones 7–1117 ftModerate
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Full sunZones 5–957 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Full sunZones 6–1015 ftModerate
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Coast Leucothoe
Leucothoe axillaris
Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Possumhaw Holly
Ilex decidua
Full sunZones 5–912 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate
Goatsbeard
Aruncus dioicus
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Full sunZones 4–959 ftHigh
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Drooping Leucothoe
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Part shadeZones 5–88 inModerate
Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate

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