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 121 to 180 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.

Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Full sunZones 4–915 ftModerate
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Full sunZones 5–969 ftModerate
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Full sunZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Creeping Woodland Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata
Full sunZones 5–943 ftModerate
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Kalm's St. John's Wort
Hypericum kalmianum
Full sunZones 4–72.5 ftModerate
Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Foliage
Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–945 ftModerate
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Canby's Mountain Lover
Paxistima canbyi
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate
Common Blue Grama Grass
Bouteloua gracilis
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Deam's Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate

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