Native range

Native plants of West Virginia

168 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in West Virginia, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 146 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 186 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; West 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 186 plants, 173 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.

Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Common Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Full sunZones 4–935 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–945 ftModerate
Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Part shadeZones 4–88.5 ftModerate
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
Foliage
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Foliage
Cinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Creeping Woodland Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia macrophylla
Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Full sunZones 3–96.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Full sunZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Full sunZones 5–969 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate

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