Native plants · California
Native plants of Humboldt County
487 plant species are recorded as native to California in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Humboldt County by USDA PLANTS. 345 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 6 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.
County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP
Humboldt County, California
- Native species
- 487 Typical California county: 333 (median of 58 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 345 Typical California county: 239
- Share by type (all 487 native species)
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Percent of the 487 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (48%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (23%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 345
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska oniongrass Melica subulata | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| alpine laurel Kalmia microphylla | Shrub | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| alpine timothy Phleum alpinum | Grass or grass-like | 1.4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| American bistort Polygonum bistortoides | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| American dunegrass Leymus mollis | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| American licorice Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| American speedwell Veronica americana | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| American vetch Vicia americana | Vine | 1.3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| American water horehound Lycopus americanus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.8 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Anderson's larkspur Delphinium andersonii | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| annual hairgrass Deschampsia danthonioides | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 12b |
| arctic pearlwort Sagina saginoides | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| awl-leaf lilaea Lilaea scilloides | Grass or grass-like | 10 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 12b |
| awlfruit sedge Carex stipata | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| beach pea Lathyrus japonicus | Vine | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| bearded fescue Festuca subulata | Grass or grass-like | 1.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| beardless wildrye Leymus triticoides | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| big deervetch Lotus crassifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| bigflower agoseris Agoseris grandiflora | Wildflower (forb) | 1.8 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum | Tree | 60 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6a |
| bigseed biscuitroot Lomatium macrocarpum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| Bishop pine Pinus muricata | Tree | 90 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 9a |
| bitter cherry Prunus emarginata | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| black crowberry Empetrum nigrum | Shrub | 1 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| black hawthorn Crataegus douglasii | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| Blue Mountain buckwheat Eriogonum strictum | Wildflower (forb) | 2.2 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| blue wildrye Elymus glaucus | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| bluejoint Calamagrostis canadensis | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| blunt spikerush Eleocharis obtusa | Grass or grass-like | 1.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11a |
| bog blueberry Vaccinium uliginosum | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Brewer spruce Picea breweriana | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| Brewer's bittercress Cardamine breweri | Wildflower (forb) | 1.8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| brickellbush aster Eucephalus brickellioides | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 8a |
| 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 |
| broadleaf cattail Typha latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| broadleaf lupine Lupinus latifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| broadlipped twayblade Listera convallarioides | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Brown's peony Paeonia brownii | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5a |
| buckbrush Ceanothus cuneatus | Shrub | 11 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| bunchleaf penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 9a |
| bush chinquapin Chrysolepis sempervirens | Shrub | 7 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6b |
| California black oak Quercus kelloggii | Tree | 85 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| California blackberry Rubus ursinus | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| California brome Bromus carinatus | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 9a |
| California buckeye Aesculus californica | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7b |
| California buckthorn Frangula californica | Tree | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| California false hellebore Veratrum californicum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| California fescue Festuca californica | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| California foothill pine Pinus sabiniana | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 8b |
| California huckleberry Vaccinium ovatum | Shrub | 8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 8a |
| California laurel Umbellularia californica | Tree | 80 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 6a |
| California melicgrass Melica californica | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
| California oatgrass Danthonia californica | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 9a |
| California poppy Eschscholzia californica | Wildflower (forb) | 1.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
| California red fir Abies magnifica | Tree | 150 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| California wax myrtle Morella californica | Tree | 33 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 9b |
| California yerba santa Eriodictyon californicum | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 7a |
| Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12b |
| canyon live oak Quercus chrysolepis | Tree | 90 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 8b |
| Cascade barberry Mahonia nervosa | Shrub | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| Cascara buckthorn Frangula purshiana | Tree | 35 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| catclaw acacia Senegalia greggii | Tree | 20 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| chamisso sedge Carex pachystachya | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| chokecherry Prunus virginiana | Tree | 25 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| cluster rose Rosa pisocarpa | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun | — | Zone 5a |
| coastal monkeyflower Mimulus dentatus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7b |
| Colorado rush Juncus confusus | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| Columbia brome Bromus vulgaris | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| Columbian monkshood Aconitum columbianum | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| common beargrass Xerophyllum tenax | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
| common cowparsnip Heracleum maximum | Wildflower (forb) | 8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common rush Juncus effusus | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common selfheal Prunella vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common sneezeweed Helenium autumnale | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common spikerush Eleocharis palustris | Grass or grass-like | 1.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| coon's tail Ceratophyllum demersum | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| cosmopolitan bulrush Bolboschoenus maritimus | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| cows clover Trifolium wormskioldii | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| coyotebrush Baccharis pilularis | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 9b |
| creeping barberry Mahonia repens | Shrub | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| curl-leaf mountain mahogany Cercocarpus ledifolius | Tree | 20 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 2b |
| curvepod yellowcress Rorippa curvisiliqua | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 12b |
| Davis' knotweed Polygonum davisiae | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5a |
| deer fern Blechnum spicant | Fern | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 6b |
| deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus | Shrub | 13 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| devil's beggartick Bidens frondosa | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 12a |
| dotted smartweed Polygonum punctatum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii | Tree | 200 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Douglas' dustymaiden Chaenactis douglasii | Wildflower (forb) | 1.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| Douglas' grasswidow Olsynium douglasii | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| drooping woodreed Cinna latifolia | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| dwarf bilberry Vaccinium cespitosum | Shrub | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| dwarf purple monkeyflower Mimulus nanus | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Sun | Low | Zone 10b |
| dwarf rose Rosa gymnocarpa | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| dwarf spikerush Eleocharis parvula | Grass or grass-like | 1.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| elephanthead lousewort Pedicularis groenlandica | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| Elmer's lupine Lupinus elmeri | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| fernleaf biscuitroot Lomatium dissectum | Wildflower (forb) | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
| field horsetail Equisetum arvense | Fern | 11 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| fireweed Chamerion angustifolium | Wildflower (forb) | 5.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| floating pondweed Potamogeton natans | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| foothill needlegrass Nassella lepida | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 9a |
| fowl bluegrass Poa palustris | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| fowl mannagrass Glyceria striata | Grass or grass-like | 5.7 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Fremont cottonwood Populus fremontii | Tree | 90 ft | Sun | High | Zone 6a |
| fringed brome Bromus ciliatus | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| Gardner's yampah Perideridia gairdneri | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| giant chinquapin Chrysolepis chrysophylla | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| glaucus willowherb Epilobium glaberrimum | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6b |
| grand fir Abies grandis | Tree | 150 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| granite prickly phlox Linanthus pungens | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| gray alder Alnus incana | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| greenleaf fescue Festuca viridula | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| greenleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| hairy manzanita Arctostaphylos columbiana | Tree | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
| hardstem bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus | Grass or grass-like | 9.8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| heartleaf arnica Arnica cordifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| Henderson's sedge Carex hendersonii | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6b |
| hollyleaved barberry Mahonia aquifolium | Shrub | 8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3a |
| hooded lady's tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| huckleberry oak Quercus vacciniifolia | Shrub | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| Idaho bentgrass Agrostis idahoensis | Grass or grass-like | 1.4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Idaho blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium idahoense | Wildflower (forb) | 1.7 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Idaho fescue Festuca idahoensis | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| incense cedar Calocedrus decurrens | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| Indian plum Oemleria cerasiformis | Tree | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 10a |
| Indianhemp Apocynum cannabinum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi | Tree | 180 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Shrub | 6 in | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| Klamath plum Prunus subcordata | Tree | 25 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| knotgrass Paspalum distichum | Grass or grass-like | 11 in | Sun | High | Zone 6a |
| lambstongue ragwort Senecio integerrimus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.1 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| largeflower hawksbeard Crepis occidentalis | Wildflower (forb) | 11 in | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| largeleaf avens Geum macrophyllum | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| largeleaf pondweed Potamogeton amplifolius | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| leafy pea Lathyrus polyphyllus | Vine | 2.7 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7b |
| leafy pondweed Potamogeton foliosus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| Lemmon's needlegrass Achnatherum lemmonii | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| Lemmon's willow Salix lemmonii | Shrub | 14 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| lesser panicled sedge Carex diandra | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| Lewis' mock orange Philadelphus lewisii | Shrub | 12 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 8a |
| little green sedge Carex viridula | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| little western bittercress Cardamine oligosperma | Wildflower (forb) | 1.7 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| lodgepole pine Pinus contorta | Tree | 99 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 1a |
| longstalk clover Trifolium longipes | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 8a |
| Lyall's angelica Angelica arguta | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5b |
| Lyngbye's sedge Carex lyngbyei | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | — | Zone 2a |
| maiden blue eyed Mary Collinsia parviflora | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| marsh seedbox Ludwigia palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| Mexican muhly Muhlenbergia mexicana | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| miner's lettuce Claytonia perfoliata | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 12b |
| mountain blue penstemon Penstemon laetus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8b |
| mountain hemlock Tsuga mertensiana | Tree | 125 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| mountain pride Penstemon newberryi | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5a |
| mountain sedge Carex scopulorum | Grass or grass-like | 1.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| narrowleaf willow Salix exigua | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| needle spikerush Eleocharis acicularis | Grass or grass-like | 8 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| nettleleaf giant hyssop Agastache urticifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| noble fir Abies procera | Tree | 230 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5a |
| nodding microseris Microseris nutans | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| nodding needlegrass Nassella cernua | Grass or grass-like | 2.6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 9a |
| Nootka rose Rosa nutkana | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| northern bedstraw Galium boreale | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Northwest Territory sedge Carex utriculata | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| oceanspray Holodiscus discolor | Shrub | 12 ft | Sun | High | Zone 8a |
| onespike danthonia Danthonia unispicata | Grass or grass-like | 10 in | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| oniongrass Melica bulbosa | Grass or grass-like | 1.8 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3a |
| orange agoseris Agoseris aurantiaca | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Oregon ash Fraxinus latifolia | Tree | 70 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6b |
| Oregon checkerbloom Sidalcea oregana | Wildflower (forb) | 4.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Oregon crab apple Malus fusca | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 10a |
| Oregon geranium Geranium oreganum | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| Oregon white oak Quercus garryana | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| Pacific aster Symphyotrichum chilense | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Pacific bleeding heart Dicentra formosa | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| Pacific dogwood Cornus nuttallii | Tree | 50 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Pacific madrone Arbutus menziesii | Tree | 80 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8b |
| Pacific ninebark Physocarpus capitatus | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| Pacific onion Allium validum | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5b |
| Pacific rhododendron Rhododendron macrophyllum | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 8a |
| Pacific yew Taxus brevifolia | Tree | 40 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| pale agoseris Agoseris glauca | Shrub | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| pale yellow lupine Lupinus luteolus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.9 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 12b |
| panicled bulrush Scirpus microcarpus | Grass or grass-like | 5.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Parish's yampah Perideridia parishii | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| Parry's rush Juncus parryi | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| Pennsylvania bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Philadelphia fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| pinegrass Calamagrostis rubescens | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| pinemat manzanita Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Shrub | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata | Shrub | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| plantainleaf buttercup Ranunculus alismifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa | Tree | 223 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Port Orford cedar Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Tree | 200 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| poverty rush Juncus tenuis | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| prickly currant Ribes lacustre | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 1a |
| primrose monkeyflower Mimulus primuloides | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| prostrate ceanothus Ceanothus prostratus | Shrub | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| purple needlegrass Nassella pulchra | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 8b |
| purple oniongrass Melica spectabilis | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| Rainier pleated gentian Gentiana calycosa | Wildflower (forb) | 7 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 8a |
| red alder Alnus rubra | Tree | 90 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| red elderberry Sambucus racemosa | Tree | 18 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| red goosefoot Chenopodium rubrum | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 12b |
| red huckleberry Vaccinium parvifolium | Shrub | 12 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| redflower currant Ribes sanguineum | Shrub | 12 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 8a |
| redosier dogwood Cornus sericea | Tree | 12 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| redroot flatsedge Cyperus erythrorhizos | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11a |
| redwood Sequoia sempervirens | Tree | 250 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 8a |
| reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| rice cutgrass Leersia oryzoides | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| rockloving erigeron Erigeron petrophilus | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 8a |
| Rocky Mountain iris Iris missouriensis | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| Rocky Mountain maple Acer glabrum | Tree | 30 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3a |
| rose spirea Spiraea douglasii | Shrub | 7 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| Ross' sedge Carex rossii | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| rough bentgrass Agrostis scabra | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| rubber rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| sago pondweed Stuckenia pectinata | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| salal Gaultheria shallon | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| salmonberry Rubus spectabilis | Vine | 12 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| salt heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| saltgrass Distichlis spicata | Grass or grass-like | 1.1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| saltmarsh bird's-beak Cordylanthus maritimus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.7 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| Sandberg bluegrass Poa secunda | Grass or grass-like | 1.4 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| sanddune wallflower Erysimum capitatum | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Saskatoon serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 1a |
| scabland penstemon Penstemon deustus | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| scarlet gilia Ipomopsis aggregata | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5b |
| scarlet monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| Scouler's willow Salix scouleriana | Tree | 50 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 6a |
| Scouler's woollyweed Hieracium scouleri | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| sea milkwort Glaux maritima | Wildflower (forb) | 11 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| seashore bentgrass Agrostis pallens | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| seashore bluegrass Poa macrantha | Grass or grass-like | 5 in | Sun | Low | Zone 9b |
| seep monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| shiny chickweed Stellaria nitens | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 12a |
| shortawn foxtail Alopecurus aequalis | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| showy milkweed Asclepias speciosa | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Siberian springbeauty Claytonia sibirica | Wildflower (forb) | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| sicklekeel lupine Lupinus albicaulis | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12a |
| Sierra currant Ribes nevadense | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| Sierra gooseberry Ribes roezlii | Shrub | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| Sierra larkspur Delphinium glaucum | Wildflower (forb) | 8 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| silky beach pea Lathyrus littoralis | Vine | 1.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 8a |
| silverweed cinquefoil Argentina anserina | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| silvery sedge Carex canescens | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis | Tree | 200 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Sitka willow Salix sitchensis | Tree | 23 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5b |
| skunkbush sumac Rhus trilobata | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 2a |
| slender cinquefoil Potentilla gracilis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.4 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| slender clarkia Clarkia gracilis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 12b |
| slender flatsedge Cyperus bipartitus | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| slender hairgrass Deschampsia elongata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| slenderbeak sedge Carex athrostachya | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| slimstem reedgrass Calamagrostis stricta | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| slough sedge Carex obnupta | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 7a |
| small camas Camassia quamash | Wildflower (forb) | 2.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| small enchanter's nightshade Circaea alpina | Wildflower (forb) | 11 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| small white violet Viola macloskeyi | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| smallflowered woodrush Luzula parviflora | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| smallwing sedge Carex microptera | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| smooth horsetail Equisetum laevigatum | Fern | 5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| snowbrush ceanothus Ceanothus velutinus | Tree | 10 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| softstem bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Grass or grass-like | 9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| spike bentgrass Agrostis exarata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| spreading phlox Phlox diffusa | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| spreadingpod rockcress Arabis ×divaricarpa | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| squirreltail Elymus elymoides | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| star sedge Carex echinata | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| sticky cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| sticky currant Ribes viscosissimum | Shrub | 3.5 ft | Sun | — | Zone 3b |
| strawcolored flatsedge Cyperus strigosus | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| sturdy bulrush Bolboschoenus robustus | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 8a |
| sugar pine Pinus lambertiana | Tree | 229 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| sulphur-flower buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum | Shrub | 1 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 8a |
| swordleaf rush Juncus ensifolius | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| tall hairy agrimony Agrimonia gryposepala | Wildflower (forb) | 5.9 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| tall trisetum Trisetum canescens | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| tanoak Notholithocarpus densiflorus | Tree | 125 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 8a |
| tapertip hawksbeard Crepis acuminata | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| tapertip onion Allium acuminatum | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| tarweed fiddleneck Amsinckia lycopsoides | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| teal lovegrass Eragrostis hypnoides | Grass or grass-like | 4 in | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| thinleaf huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum | Shrub | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| three-way sedge Dulichium arundinaceum | Grass or grass-like | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| 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 |
| timber oatgrass Danthonia intermedia | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| tinker's penny Hypericum anagalloides | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| toad rush Juncus bufonius | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12a |
| toughleaf iris Iris tenax | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| tufted hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa | Grass or grass-like | 3.4 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| twinberry honeysuckle Lonicera involucrata | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3a |
| twoheaded water-starwort Callitriche heterophylla | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| Utah serviceberry Amelanchier utahensis | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| valdivia duckweed Lemna valdiviana | Wildflower (forb) | 1 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| vine maple Acer circinatum | Tree | 20 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| Virginia glasswort Salicornia depressa | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8b |
| water birch Betula occidentalis | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 1a |
| water knotweed Polygonum amphibium | Wildflower (forb) | 1 in | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| water sedge Carex aquatilis | Grass or grass-like | 2.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| wavyleaf Indian paintbrush Castilleja applegatei | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| western azalea Rhododendron occidentale | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 8b |
| western columbine Aquilegia formosa | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| western fescue Festuca occidentalis | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3a |
| western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla | Tree | 170 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| western Labrador tea Ledum glandulosum | Shrub | 4.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| western needlegrass Achnatherum occidentale | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| western pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| western redcedar Thuja plicata | Tree | 150 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| western sweetroot Osmorhiza occidentalis | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| western swordfern Polystichum munitum | Fern | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| western water hemlock Cicuta douglasii | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| western waterleaf Hydrophyllum occidentale | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| western white clematis Clematis ligusticifolia | Vine | 1 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| western white pine Pinus monticola | Tree | 200 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| white alder Alnus rhombifolia | Tree | 65 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| white hawkweed Hieracium albiflorum | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| white marsh marigold Caltha leptosepala | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| whitebark raspberry Rubus leucodermis | Vine | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| whiteleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos manzanita | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5a |
| whitestem gooseberry Ribes inerme | Shrub | 8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| whitethorn ceanothus Ceanothus cordulatus | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| widgeongrass Ruppia maritima | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| woodrush sedge Carex luzulina | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| yellow bush lupine Lupinus arboreus | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 9b |
| yellow rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 142
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.
Hidden while “Garden-ready only” is on.
- Aleutian maidenhair Adiantum aleuticum
- alpine lewisia Lewisia pygmaea
- American bird's-foot trefoil Lotus unifoliolatus
- American black nightshade Solanum americanum
- American mannagrass Glyceria grandis
- American rockbrake Cryptogramma acrostichoides
- American sloughgrass Beckmannia syzigachne
- American wild carrot Daucus pusillus
- American yellowrocket Barbarea orthoceras
- arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis
- awned halfchaff sedge Lipocarpha aristulata
- bastard toadflax Comandra umbellata
- bearded flatsedge Cyperus squarrosus
- Bering's tufted hairgrass Deschampsia beringensis
- biannual lettuce Lactuca ludoviciana
- Bicknell's cranesbill Geranium bicknellii
- bigleaf lupine Lupinus polyphyllus
- bigseed alfalfa dodder Cuscuta indecora
- blite goosefoot Chenopodium capitatum
- bog yellowcress Rorippa palustris
- boreal starwort Stellaria borealis
- brittle bladderfern Cystopteris fragilis
- Canada toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
- Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
- chaffweed Anagallis minima
- clammy hedgehyssop Gratiola neglecta
- clasping Venus' looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata
- claspleaf twistedstalk Streptopus amplexifolius
- coast tarweed Madia sativa
- common bladderwort Utricularia macrorhiza
- cottonbatting plant Pseudognaphalium stramineum
- curlytop knotweed Polygonum lapathifolium
- ditch rabbitsfoot grass Polypogon interruptus
- Douglas' knotweed Polygonum douglasii
- dune willow Salix hookeriana
- eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron annuus
- elk sedge Carex garberi
- elkweed Frasera speciosa
- fairy slipper Calypso bulbosa
- feathery false lily of the valley Maianthemum racemosum
- floating marshpennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
- fragrant bedstraw Galium triflorum
- fringed willowherb Epilobium ciliatum
- giant red Indian paintbrush Castilleja miniata
- grand redstem Ammannia robusta
- green carpetweed Mollugo verticillata
- green false hellebore Veratrum viride
- heartleaf twayblade Listera cordata
- hooded coralroot Corallorhiza striata
- hookedspur violet Viola adunca
- Hornemann's willowherb Epilobium hornemannii
- Indianpipe Monotropa uniflora
- inundated clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata
- keeled bulrush Isolepis carinata
- largebracted plantain Plantago aristata
- largeleaf sandwort Moehringia macrophylla
- least duckweed Lemna minuta
- leathery grapefern Botrychium multifidum
- liverleaf wintergreen Pyrola asarifolia
- long-stolon sedge Carex inops
- low spearwort Ranunculus pusillus
- Macoun's barley ×Elyhordeum macounii
- manyflowered monkeyflower Mimulus floribundus
- marsh pea Lathyrus palustris
- marsh violet Viola palustris
- meadow deathcamas Zigadenus venenosus
- meadow sedge Carex praticola
- Menzies' campion Silene menziesii
- Menzies' fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii
- Mexican lovegrass Eragrostis mexicana
- mountain tansymustard Descurainia incana
- mountain tarweed Madia glomerata
- muskflower Mimulus moschatus
- narrowleaf bur-reed Sparganium angustifolium
- narrowleaf minerslettuce Montia linearis
- neckweed Veronica peregrina
- needleleaf navarretia Navarretia intertexta
- northern bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus
- northern cluster sedge Carex arcta
- pale spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya
- pinesap Monotropa hypopitys
- pinyon goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens
- pleated gentian Gentiana affinis
- prairie plantain Plantago elongata
- prairie threeawn Aristida oligantha
- pullup muhly Muhlenbergia filiformis
- purple marshlocks Comarum palustre
- red baneberry Actaea rubra
- redwool plantain Plantago eriopoda
- Richardson's pondweed Potamogeton richardsonii
- rosy pussytoes Antennaria rosea
- roundleaf sundew Drosera rotundifolia
- running clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
- scentbottle Platanthera dilatata
- Scouler's popcornflower Plagiobothrys scouleri
- seaside arrowgrass Triglochin maritima
- sidebells wintergreen Orthilia secunda
- single delight Moneses uniflora
- sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora
- skullcap speedwell Veronica scutellata
- sleepy silene Silene antirrhina
- slender bog orchid Platanthera stricta
- slender phlox Microsteris gracilis
- slender-spire orchid Piperia unalascensis
- small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus
- small Venus' looking-glass Triodanis biflora
- smallflower halfchaff sedge Lipocarpha micrantha
- snowline wintergreen Pyrola minor
- spiral ditchgrass Ruppia cirrhosa
- spotted fritillary Fritillaria atropurpurea
- spreading dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
- spring forget-me-not Myosotis verna
- starry false lily of the valley Maianthemum stellatum
- stream orchid Epipactis gigantea
- summer coralroot Corallorhiza maculata
- swaying bulrush Schoenoplectus subterminalis
- sweetcicely Osmorhiza berteroi
- tall annual willowherb Epilobium brachycarpum
- tall blue lettuce Lactuca biennis
- tarragon Artemisia dracunculus
- threadleaf crowfoot Ranunculus trichophyllus
- tower rockcress Arabis glabra
- trailing pearlwort Sagina decumbens
- tufted lovegrass Eragrostis pectinacea
- turion duckweed Lemna turionifera
- twinflower Linnaea borealis
- Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
- Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana
- warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
- water minerslettuce Montia chamissoi
- water pygmyweed Crassula aquatica
- western marsh cudweed Gnaphalium palustre
- western rattlesnake plantain Goodyera oblongifolia
- western tansymustard Descurainia pinnata
- whorl-leaf watermilfoil Myriophyllum verticillatum
- willow dock Rumex salicifolius
- witchgrass Panicum capillare
- woodland pinedrops Pterospora andromedea
- woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca
- Wright's cudweed Pseudognaphalium canescens
- yellow water buttercup Ranunculus flabellaris
- yellowseed false pimpernel Lindernia dubia
Also listed as native and introduced here 6
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.
- annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- beach strawberryFragaria chiloensis
- bride's feathersAruncus dioicus
- common pepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- common reedPhragmites australis
- Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
Compared with California
The typical county is the median of the 58 California 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.
| Measure | Humboldt County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 487 | 333 | 1,108 |
| Garden-ready natives | 345 | 239 | 720 |
| Tree | 64 | — | 111 |
| Shrub | 54 | — | 140 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 236 | — | 559 |
| Grass or grass-like | 112 | — | 253 |
| Vine | 11 | — | 16 |
| Fern | 10 | — | 29 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Humboldt County.
- Mendocino County, CA 330 garden-ready
- Siskiyou County, CA 435 garden-ready
- Trinity County, CA 297 garden-ready
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
- Humboldt County (county FIPS 06023), California. 487 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