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 181 to 221 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.

Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate
Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Canby's Mountain Lover
Paxistima canbyi
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Common Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Indian Pink
Spigelia marilandica
Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh
Foam Flower
Tiarella
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Bluestar
Amsonia
Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow

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