Native range

Native plants of South Carolina

179 wild species and 20 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in South Carolina, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 140 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 199 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; South 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 199 plants, 183 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.

Common Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Full sunZones 3–817 ftModerate
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate
Coast Leucothoe
Leucothoe axillaris
Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
Part shadeZones 4–816 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
Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Part shadeZones 4–95 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Adam's Needle
Yucca filamentosa
Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Full sunZones 8–1060 ftModerate
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate
Foliage
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Full sunZones 4–959 ftHigh
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Foliage
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Part sunZones 4–920 ftModerate
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Red Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
White Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Full sunZones 7–1059 ftModerate
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Dwarf Fothergilla
Fothergilla gardenii
Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate
Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
White Wood Aster
Eurybia divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
Full sunZones 7–920 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Drooping Leucothoe
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Rosy Sedge
Carex rosea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Part shadeZones 5–88 inModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate

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