Native range

Native plants of Virginia

206 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Virginia, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 171 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 180 of 225 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; Virginia 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 225 plants, 210 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.

Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Southern Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Full sunZones 7–1117 ftModerate
Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Possumhaw Holly
Ilex decidua
Full sunZones 5–912 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia macrophylla
Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Full sunZones 4–959 ftHigh
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Full sunZones 6–1015 ftModerate
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Part sunZones 6–106 ftModerate
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
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
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Canby's Mountain Lover
Paxistima canbyi
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Coast Leucothoe
Leucothoe axillaris
Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate
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
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Full sunZones 8–1060 ftModerate
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 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

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