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Native plants of Lake and Peninsula Borough

267 plant species are recorded as native to Alaska in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Lake and Peninsula Borough by USDA PLANTS. 159 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 3 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Native species
267 Typical Alaska county: 237 (median of 24 counties)
Garden-ready natives
159 Typical Alaska county: 149
Share by type (all 267 native species)
Percent of the 267 native species in each growth type
Tree 7% (19)
Shrub 12% (32)
Wildflower (forb) 42% (113)
Grass or grass-like 28% (75)
Vine 2% (5)
Fern 9% (23)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (42%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (28%).

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

ZIP codes mainly in this county fall in USDA hardiness zones 4a to 6b (2023 map).

The native plant list

Cold hardiness is estimated from each plant’s PLANTS minimum temperature. How we estimate it.

Garden-ready natives 159

Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.

Garden-ready native plants of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
Alaska bog willow Salix fuscescens Shrub 20 ft — — Zone 11a
Alaska brome Bromus sitchensis Grass or grass-like 5 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5b
alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina Shrub 6 in Sun–part shade — Zone 1a
alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun High Zone 3b
Alpine Meadow-Foxtail Alopecurus magellanicus Grass or grass-like 6 in Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
alpine mountainsorrel Oxyria digyna Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3a
alpine sweetvetch Hedysarum alpinum Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 1a
alpine timothy Phleum alpinum Grass or grass-like 1.4 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3a
American alpine speedwell Veronica wormskjoldii Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4b
American dunegrass Leymus mollis Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 8a
American speedwell Veronica americana Wildflower (forb) 10 in Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
arctic bluegrass Poa arctica Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun — Zone 1a
arctic dock Rumex arcticus Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun — Zone 1a
arctic pearlwort Sagina saginoides Wildflower (forb) 4 in Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
arctic raspberry Rubus arcticus Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun — Zone 1a
arctic rush Juncus arcticus Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
arctic sweet coltsfoot Petasites frigidus Wildflower (forb) 10 in Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
arrowleaf ragwort Senecio triangularis Wildflower (forb) 4 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
balsam poplar Populus balsamifera Tree 80 ft Sun High Zone 1a
Barclay's willow Salix barclayi Tree 15 ft Sun High Zone 3a
beach pea Lathyrus japonicus Vine 1.5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
beaked sedge Carex rostrata Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
Bigelow's sedge Carex bigelowii Grass or grass-like 5 in Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3a
black crowberry Empetrum nigrum Shrub 1 ft Sun Low Zone 3a
black spruce Picea mariana Tree 65 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 1a
bluejoint Calamagrostis canadensis Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
bog blueberry Vaccinium uliginosum Shrub 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
bog Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum Shrub 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
boreal sagebrush Artemisia arctica Shrub 1.5 ft — — Zone 1a
bristlystalked sedge Carex leptalea Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
broadleaf arnica Arnica latifolia Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
buckbean Menyanthes trifoliata Wildflower (forb) 10 in Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis Wildflower (forb) 3.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
Chamisso arnica Arnica chamissonis Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
chamisso sedge Carex pachystachya Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
chestnut rush Juncus castaneus Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
clasping arnica Arnica amplexicaulis Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
common cowparsnip Heracleum maximum Wildflower (forb) 8 ft Sun High Zone 3b
common juniper Juniperus communis Tree 10 ft Sun Low Zone 3a
common mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris Wildflower (forb) 2.8 ft Sun High Zone 3b
common spikerush Eleocharis palustris Grass or grass-like 1.3 ft Sun High Zone 3b
Drummond's rockcress Arabis drummondii Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
Drummond's rush Juncus drummondii Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
Eschscholtz's buttercup Ranunculus eschscholtzii Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
field horsetail Equisetum arvense Fern 11 in Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
fineleaf pondweed Stuckenia filiformis Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
fireweed Chamerion angustifolium Wildflower (forb) 5.5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
flatstem pondweed Potamogeton zosteriformis Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
floating pondweed Potamogeton natans Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
forked wormwood Artemisia furcata Wildflower (forb) 4 ft Sun Low Zone 5b
fowl bluegrass Poa palustris Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
fringed brome Bromus ciliatus Grass or grass-like 4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
glaucous bluegrass Poa glauca Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun — Zone 3a
golden sedge Carex aurea Grass or grass-like 1.2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
gray alder Alnus incana Tree 25 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
grayleaf willow Salix glauca Tree 4 ft — — Zone 9b
greater creeping spearwort Ranunculus flammula Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
green alder Alnus viridis Tree 10 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 1a
Greene's mountain ash Sorbus scopulina Tree 12 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 7a
hair-like sedge Carex capillaris Grass or grass-like 1.7 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
high northern buttercup Ranunculus hyperboreus Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun — Zone 1a
hooded lady's tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrub 6 in Sun–part shade Low Zone 4a
lanceleaf grapefern Botrychium lanceolatum Fern 11 in Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
Lapland rosebay Rhododendron lapponicum Shrub 3 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 1a
largeflower speargrass Poa eminens Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun — Zone 2a
largeleaf avens Geum macrophyllum Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
least willow Salix rotundifolia Shrub 2 in — — Zone 4a
leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata Shrub 4 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4b
lesser bladderwort Utricularia minor Wildflower (forb) 2 in Sun High Zone 3a
lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea Shrub 6 in Sun — Zone 1a
little green sedge Carex viridula Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Sun High Zone 3b
littleleaf buttercup Ranunculus abortivus Wildflower (forb) 2.8 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
littletree willow Salix arbusculoides Tree 10 ft Sun — —
livid sedge Carex livida Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun — Zone 1a
longleaf starwort Stellaria longifolia Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
longstalk starwort Stellaria longipes Wildflower (forb) 11 in Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
Lyngbye's sedge Carex lyngbyei Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun — Zone 2a
marsh grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris Wildflower (forb) 2.2 ft Sun High Zone 3b
marsh Labrador tea Ledum palustre Shrub 6 in — — Zone 1a
meadow barley Hordeum brachyantherum Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
Mertens' rush Juncus mertensianus Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
Mertens' sedge Carex mertensii Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
mud sedge Carex limosa Grass or grass-like 1.8 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
needle spikerush Eleocharis acicularis Grass or grass-like 8 in Sun Medium Zone 5a
netleaf willow Salix reticulata Shrub 2 in — — Zone 1a
Nootka lupine Lupinus nootkatensis Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
northern bedstraw Galium boreale Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
northern black currant Ribes hudsonianum Shrub 5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
northern singlespike sedge Carex scirpoidea Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
Northwest Territory sedge Carex utriculata Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Sun High Zone 3a
oval-leaf blueberry Vaccinium ovalifolium Shrub 8 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
paper birch Betula papyrifera Tree 70 ft Sun High Zone 1a
pendantgrass Arctophila fulva Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun — Zone 3a
prickly currant Ribes lacustre Shrub 3 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 1a
prickly rose Rosa acicularis Shrub 4 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
quaking aspen Populus tremuloides Tree 65 ft Sun High Zone 1a
Ramensk's sedge Carex ramenskii Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun — Zone 2a
rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum Fern 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
red currant Ribes triste Shrub 2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 1a
red elderberry Sambucus racemosa Tree 18 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
Robbins' pondweed Potamogeton robbinsii Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
Rocky Mountain goldenrod Solidago multiradiata Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun — Zone 1a
Ross' avens Geum rossii Wildflower (forb) 5 in Sun–part shade Low Zone 10a
rough bentgrass Agrostis scabra Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
sago pondweed Stuckenia pectinata Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
salmonberry Rubus spectabilis Vine 12 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
Scouler's willow Salix scouleriana Tree 50 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 6a
seep monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
shortawn foxtail Alopecurus aequalis Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa Shrub 2.5 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
Siberian springbeauty Claytonia sibirica Wildflower (forb) 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
silvery sedge Carex canescens Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
Sitka willow Salix sitchensis Tree 23 ft Sun High Zone 5b
slender cottongrass Eriophorum gracile Grass or grass-like 1.7 ft Sun High Zone 3a
slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
slimstem reedgrass Calamagrostis stricta Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
small enchanter's nightshade Circaea alpina Wildflower (forb) 11 in Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
small floating mannagrass Glyceria borealis Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun High Zone 4a
smallflowered woodrush Luzula parviflora Grass or grass-like 2 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
snow arnica Arnica frigida Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 1a
softleaf sedge Carex disperma Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
spike bentgrass Agrostis exarata Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
spike trisetum Trisetum spicatum Grass or grass-like 1.9 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
spiked woodrush Luzula spicata Grass or grass-like 1.3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
squashberry Viburnum edule Shrub 2 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 1a
stiff clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum Fern 1 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3a
subalpine fleabane Erigeron peregrinus Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
sweetgale Myrica gale Shrub 6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
sweetgrass Hierochloe odorata Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
tall cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun High Zone 3a
tall Jacob's-ladder Polemonium acutiflorum Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 1a
tealeaf willow Salix pulchra Tree 3 ft Sun — Zone 1a
three-hulled rush Juncus triglumis Grass or grass-like 10 in Sun High Zone 5a
threepetal bedstraw Galium trifidum Vine 10 in Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
thrift seapink Armeria maritima Wildflower (forb) 11 in Sun Medium Zone 4b
Tilesius' wormwood Artemisia tilesii Wildflower (forb) 36 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 1a
toad rush Juncus bufonius Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 12a
tufted bulrush Trichophorum cespitosum Grass or grass-like 1.3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3a
tufted hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa Grass or grass-like 3.4 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
tufted loosestrife Lysimachia thyrsiflora Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
twoflowered rush Juncus biglumis Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
twoheaded water-starwort Callitriche heterophylla Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 4a
undergreen willow Salix commutata Shrub 3 ft — — Zone 3b
variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton gramineus Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
vernal water-starwort Callitriche palustris Wildflower (forb) 10 in Sun Medium Zone 4a
water birch Betula occidentalis Tree 25 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 1a
water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile Fern 3 ft Sun High Zone 4a
water sedge Carex aquatilis Grass or grass-like 2.9 ft Sun High Zone 3b
western water hemlock Cicuta douglasii Wildflower (forb) 6 ft Sun High Zone 4b
white arctic mountain heather Cassiope tetragona Shrub 5 in Sun Medium Zone 3a
white marsh marigold Caltha leptosepala Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun High Zone 4a
white spruce Picea glauca Tree 100 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 1a
whitestem pondweed Potamogeton praelongus Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
wideleaf polargrass Arctagrostis latifolia Grass or grass-like 1.8 ft Sun High Zone 3b
woodland horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum Fern 11 in Shade-tolerant Low Zone 3a
woolly geranium Geranium erianthum Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun — Zone 5a
yellow marsh marigold Caltha palustris Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun High Zone 3b

Other native species recorded here 108

PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.

  • Aleutian maidenhair Adiantum aleuticum
  • alpine bluegrass Poa alpina
  • alpine bulrush Trichophorum alpinum
  • alpine fescue Festuca brachyphylla
  • alpine milkvetch Astragalus alpinus
  • alpine pondweed Potamogeton alpinus
  • American mannagrass Glyceria grandis
  • American rockbrake Cryptogramma acrostichoides
  • American sloughgrass Beckmannia syzigachne
  • American yellowrocket Barbarea orthoceras
  • autumn dwarf gentian Gentianella amarella
  • barrenground willow Salix niphoclada
  • beautiful sandwort Minuartia rubella
  • Bebb willow Salix bebbiana
  • Bering's tufted hairgrass Deschampsia beringensis
  • bitter fleabane Erigeron acris
  • bluntleaf sandwort Moehringia lateriflora
  • bluntleaved orchid Platanthera obtusata
  • bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia
  • bog yellowcress Rorippa palustris
  • boreal bog sedge Carex magellanica
  • boreal starwort Stellaria borealis
  • brightgreen spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum
  • brittle bladderfern Cystopteris fragilis
  • brownish sedge Carex brunnescens
  • Buxbaum's sedge Carex buxbaumii
  • common bladderwort Utricularia macrorhiza
  • common woodrush Luzula multiflora
  • creeping sedge Carex chordorrhiza
  • dwarf scouringrush Equisetum scirpoides
  • elk sedge Carex garberi
  • English sundew Drosera anglica
  • feltleaf willow Salix alaxensis
  • flatleaf bladderwort Utricularia intermedia
  • fleshy starwort Stellaria crassifolia
  • fragrant bedstraw Galium triflorum
  • fringed willowherb Epilobium ciliatum
  • Gmelin's buttercup Ranunculus gmelinii
  • green false hellebore Veratrum viride
  • greenflowered wintergreen Pyrola chlorantha
  • groundcedar Lycopodium complanatum
  • heartleaf twayblade Listera cordata
  • Hornemann's willowherb Epilobium hornemannii
  • lesser rattlesnake plantain Goodyera repens
  • liverleaf wintergreen Pyrola asarifolia
  • long beechfern Phegopteris connectilis
  • longbract frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis
  • lyrate rockcress Arabis lyrata
  • marsh arrowgrass Triglochin palustris
  • marsh horsetail Equisetum palustre
  • marsh pea Lathyrus palustris
  • marsh willowherb Epilobium palustre
  • meadow horsetail Equisetum pratense
  • Mingan moonwort Botrychium minganense
  • moss campion Silene acaulis
  • narrowleaf bur-reed Sparganium angustifolium
  • northern bentgrass Agrostis mertensii
  • northern bog sedge Carex gynocrates
  • northern green orchid Platanthera aquilonis
  • northern green rush Juncus alpinoarticulatus
  • northern hollyfern Polystichum lonchitis
  • Norwegian cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica
  • pale spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya
  • pimpernel willowherb Epilobium anagallidifolium
  • purple marshlocks Comarum palustre
  • purple reedgrass Calamagrostis purpurascens
  • pygmyflower rockjasmine Androsace septentrionalis
  • red baneberry Actaea rubra
  • resin birch Betula glandulosa
  • Richardson's pondweed Potamogeton richardsonii
  • rock harlequin Corydalis sempervirens
  • Rocky Mountain woodsia Woodsia scopulina
  • rosy pussytoes Antennaria rosea
  • roundleaf sundew Drosera rotundifolia
  • running clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
  • rusty woodsia Woodsia ilvensis
  • scentbottle Platanthera dilatata
  • seaside arrowgrass Triglochin maritima
  • seaside sandplant Honckenya peploides
  • seawrack Zostera marina
  • Selkirk's violet Viola selkirkii
  • sheathed pondweed Stuckenia vaginata
  • shortspike watermilfoil Myriophyllum sibiricum
  • sidebells wintergreen Orthilia secunda
  • single delight Moneses uniflora
  • skunk currant Ribes glandulosum
  • slender bog orchid Platanthera stricta
  • small bur-reed Sparganium natans
  • small cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos
  • small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus
  • snowline wintergreen Pyrola minor
  • spiral ditchgrass Ruppia cirrhosa
  • thread rush Juncus filiformis
  • threadleaf crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus
  • tree groundpine Lycopodium dendroideum
  • tussock cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum
  • twinflower Linnaea borealis
  • variegated scouringrush Equisetum variegatum
  • Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana
  • water minerslettuce Montia chamissoi
  • water mudwort Limosella aquatica
  • water pygmyweed Crassula aquatica
  • waterawlwort Subularia aquatica
  • western oakfern Gymnocarpium dryopteris
  • white violet Viola renifolia
  • wood bluegrass Poa nemoralis
  • yellow avens Geum aleppicum
  • yellow coralroot Corallorhiza trifida
Also listed as native and introduced here 3

PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.

  • claspleaf twistedstalkStreptopus amplexifolius
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • wild chivesAllium schoenoprasum

Compared with Alaska

The typical county is the median of the 24 Alaska counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.

Native species counts, Lake and Peninsula Borough and Alaska
MeasureLake and Peninsula BoroughTypical countyStatewide
Native species 267 237 503
Garden-ready natives 159 149 294
Tree 19 — 40
Shrub 32 — 55
Wildflower (forb) 113 — 234
Grass or grass-like 75 — 132
Vine 5 — 8
Fern 23 — 34

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Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
Lake and Peninsula Borough (county FIPS 02164), Alaska. 267 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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