Native range

Native plants of Prince Edward Island

49 wild species and 8 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Prince Edward Island, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 40 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.

57 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; Prince Edward Island is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the record's areas each plant reaches, then by name, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 57 plants, 53 have been checked against outside sources; 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.

Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Cinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Common Pussy Willow
Salix discolor
Full sunZones 2–716 ftModerate
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate
Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
Foliage
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
Foliage
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Full sunZones 4–93 ftHigh
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh

Garden forms of Prince Edward Island natives

40 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in Prince Edward Island and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.

Plant groups native to Prince Edward Island

8 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in Prince Edward Island; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the province.

  • Goldenrod

    Solidago · 12 wild species in Prince Edward Island

  • Aster

    Symphyotrichum · 7 wild species in Prince Edward Island

  • Serviceberry

    Amelanchier · 7 wild species in Prince Edward Island

  • Perennial Sunflower

    Helianthus · 2 wild species in Prince Edward Island

  • Trillium

    2 wild species in Prince Edward Island

  • Black-Eyed Susan

    Rudbeckia · 1 wild species in Prince Edward Island

  • Joe Pye Weed

    Eutrochium · 1 wild species in Prince Edward Island

  • Turtlehead

    Chelone · 1 wild species in Prince Edward Island

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