Native range

Native plants of Wisconsin

147 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Wisconsin, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 118 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 165 of 165 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; Wisconsin 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 165 plants, 154 have been checked against outside sources (1 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.

Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate
Common Blue Grama Grass
Bouteloua gracilis
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctata
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Full sunZones 4–940 ftModerate
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Foam Flower
Tiarella
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh

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