Native range

Native plants

339 plants native to North America in the BloomsEye library: 319 wild species and 20 plant groups, each growing wild in part of the United States or Canada and read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 235 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

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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, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 339 plants, 313 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.

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Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Full sunZones 8–1060 ftModerate
Long-Beaked Sedge
Carex sprengelii
Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mexican Feather Grass
Nassella tenuissima
Full sunZones 7–101.5 ftModerate
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Foliage
Monterey Cypress
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
Full sunZones 7–1060 ftModerate
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
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
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Ozark Witch Hazel
Hamamelis vernalis
Part sunZones 4–88 ftModerate
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Dicentra formosa
Part shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Part sunZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Parry's Agave
Agave parryi
Full sunZones 7–102 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Picotee Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Pink Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Possumhaw Holly
Ilex decidua
Full sunZones 5–912 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum
Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow
Purple Poppy Mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Full sunZones 4–88 inModerate
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate

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