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Native plants of Talbot County

117 plant species are recorded as native to Maryland in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Talbot County by USDA PLANTS. 51 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 2 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Talbot County, Maryland

Native species
117 Typical Maryland county: 184 (median of 24 counties)
Garden-ready natives
51 Typical Maryland county: 61
Share by type (all 117 native species)
Percent of the 117 native species in each growth type
Tree 3% (4)
Shrub <1% (1)
Wildflower (forb) 33% (39)
Grass or grass-like 53% (62)
Vine 4% (5)
Fern 5% (6)

Grasses and grass-like plants make up the largest share of the native list (53%), followed by wildflowers (33%).

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 7b to 8a (2023 map).

The native plant list

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

Garden-ready natives 51

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

Garden-ready native plants of Talbot County, Maryland
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
annual wildrice Zizania aquatica Grass or grass-like 9.8 ft Sun High Zone 10b
blunt broom sedge Carex tribuloides Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
bristlystalked sedge Carex leptalea Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
broom sedge Carex scoparia Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
Canada goldenrod Solidago altissima Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
cattail sedge Carex typhina Grass or grass-like 2 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4b
common reed Phragmites australis Shrub 13 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
common rush Juncus effusus Grass or grass-like 6.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
common spikerush Eleocharis palustris Grass or grass-like 1.3 ft Sun High Zone 3b
composite dropseed Sporobolus compositus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
cypress swamp sedge Carex joorii Grass or grass-like 4.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 7a
drooping sedge Carex prasina Grass or grass-like 2.3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
eastern gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun High Zone 5a
eastern narrowleaf sedge Carex amphibola Grass or grass-like 2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
eastern redcedar Juniperus virginiana Tree 50 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 3a
eastern straw sedge Carex straminea Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4b
eastern woodland sedge Carex blanda Grass or grass-like 2 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4b
field horsetail Equisetum arvense Fern 11 in Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
fowl bluegrass Poa palustris Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
fox sedge Carex vulpinoidea Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
Frank's sedge Carex frankii Grass or grass-like 2 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
fringed sedge Carex crinita Grass or grass-like 5.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea Wildflower (forb) 8.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
graceful sedge Carex gracillima Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
gray goldenrod Solidago nemoralis Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
graybark grape Vitis cinerea Vine 50 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6b
greater bladder sedge Carex intumescens Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
greenwhite sedge Carex albolutescens Grass or grass-like 3.9 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
hairy sedge Carex lacustris Grass or grass-like 5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4b
hop sedge Carex lupulina Grass or grass-like 4.3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
loblolly pine Pinus taeda Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 6b
narrowleaf blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 7a
New York fern Thelypteris noveboracensis Fern 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
northern bayberry Morella pensylvanica Tree 12 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
oval-leaf sedge Carex cephalophora Grass or grass-like 2.6 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4a
poverty rush Juncus tenuis Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
prickly bog sedge Carex atlantica Grass or grass-like 1.8 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5b
purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun Low Zone 3a
rice cutgrass Leersia oryzoides Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun High Zone 4a
seaside goldenrod Solidago sempervirens Wildflower (forb) 3.5 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
shallow sedge Carex lurida Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
softstem bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Grass or grass-like 9 ft Sun High Zone 3b
spotted joe pye weed Eutrochium maculatum Wildflower (forb) 6 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4b
spring avens Geum vernum Wildflower (forb) 1.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
thicket sedge Carex abscondita Grass or grass-like 8 in Shade-tolerant High Zone 7a
threelobe beggarticks Bidens tripartita Wildflower (forb) 3.5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 12a
trumpet creeper Campsis radicans Vine 2 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
upright sedge Carex stricta Grass or grass-like 4.2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
white edge sedge Carex debilis Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 6a
wreath goldenrod Solidago caesia Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
wrinkleleaf goldenrod Solidago rugosa Wildflower (forb) 3.3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a

Other native species recorded here 66

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.

  • American featherfoil Hottonia inflata
  • anisescented goldenrod Solidago odora
  • Bebb willow Salix bebbiana
  • bent sedge Carex styloflexa
  • black edge sedge Carex nigromarginata
  • blue sedge Carex glaucodea
  • broad looseflower sedge Carex laxiflora
  • broadwing sedge Carex alata
  • camphor pluchea Pluchea camphorata
  • common threeseed mercury Acalypha rhomboidea
  • common yellow oxalis Oxalis stricta
  • darkgreen sedge Carex venusta
  • dogtooth violet Erythronium americanum
  • downy goldenrod Solidago puberula
  • downy milkpea Galactia volubilis
  • early goldenrod Solidago juncea
  • eastern marsh fern Thelypteris palustris
  • eastern star sedge Carex radiata
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • fescue sedge Carex festucacea
  • fewflower ticktrefoil Desmodium pauciflorum
  • flat-top goldentop Euthamia graminifolia
  • Florida paspalum Paspalum floridanum
  • hazel dodder Cuscuta coryli
  • hirsute sedge Carex complanata
  • hogwort Croton capitatus
  • inflated narrow-leaf sedge Carex grisea
  • Leavenworth's sedge Carex leavenworthii
  • lesser clearweed Pilea fontana
  • lesser marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum tubulosum
  • lined sedge Carex striatula
  • log fern Dryopteris celsa
  • Long's sedge Carex longii
  • lowland rotala Rotala ramosior
  • maroon Carolina milkvine Matelea carolinensis
  • Michaux's croton Croton michauxii
  • midland sedge Carex mesochorea
  • moccasin flower Cypripedium acaule
  • mudbank crowngrass Paspalum dissectum
  • Muhlenberg's sedge Carex muehlenbergii
  • neckweed Veronica peregrina
  • nits and lice Hypericum drummondii
  • parasol sedge Carex umbellata
  • Pennsylvania sedge Carex pensylvanica
  • rosy sedge Carex rosea
  • sandplain flax Linum intercursum
  • Short's hedgehyssop Gratiola viscidula
  • singlehead pussytoes Antennaria solitaria
  • slender woodland sedge Carex digitalis
  • small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus
  • smooth ticktrefoil Desmodium laevigatum
  • smooth white oldfield aster Symphyotrichum racemosum
  • smoothsheath sedge Carex laevivaginata
  • spreading sedge Carex laxiculmis
  • stout smartweed Polygonum robustius
  • swamp lousewort Pedicularis lanceolata
  • swamp wedgescale Sphenopholis pensylvanica
  • Swan's sedge Carex swanii
  • threadleaf false foxglove Agalinis setacea
  • toadshade Trillium sessile
  • wand lythrum Lythrum lineare
  • weak stellate sedge Carex seorsa
  • weakstalk bulrush Schoenoplectiella purshiana
  • western oakfern Gymnocarpium dryopteris
  • whitetinge sedge Carex albicans
  • yellowfruit sedge Carex annectens
Also listed as native and introduced here 2

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.

Compared with Maryland

The typical county is the median of the 24 Maryland 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, Talbot County and Maryland
MeasureTalbot CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 117 184 1,872
Garden-ready natives 51 61 635
Tree 4 — 174
Shrub 1 — 112
Wildflower (forb) 39 — 965
Grass or grass-like 62 — 463
Vine 5 — 72
Fern 6 — 86

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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
Talbot County (county FIPS 24041), Maryland. 117 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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