Native range

Native plants of Ohio

179 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Ohio, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 162 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 197 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; Ohio 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 197 plants, 184 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.

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
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Full sunZones 4–93 ftHigh
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Eastern Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Common Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate
Foliage
Cinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Foliage
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Gray-Headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Common Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Full sunZones 4–935 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Goatsbeard
Aruncus dioicus
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

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