Native range

Native plants of Pennsylvania

184 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Pennsylvania, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 163 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 202 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; Pennsylvania 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 202 plants, 188 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.

Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
Part shadeZones 4–92 ftModerate
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–945 ftModerate
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Common Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate

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