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 121 to 180 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.

Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Adam's Needle
Yucca filamentosa
Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
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
Foliage
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Dwarf Fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii
Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
Creeping Woodland Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia macrophylla
Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
Part shadeZones 4–816 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Full sunZones 8–1060 ftModerate
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Carolina Lupine
Thermopsis villosa
Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Large Fothergilla
Fothergilla major
Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
Full sunZones 7–920 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Part shadeZones 5–912 inLow
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Full sunZones 7–1059 ftModerate
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats

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