Native plants · New York
Native plants of Wyoming County
313 plant species are recorded as native to New York in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Wyoming County by USDA PLANTS. 122 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
Wyoming County, New York
- Native species
- 313 Typical New York county: 699 (median of 62 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 122 Typical New York county: 299
- Share by type (all 313 native species)
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Percent of the 313 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (48%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (19%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 122
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny serviceberry Amelanchier laevis | Tree | 35 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| American basswood Tilia americana | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| American beachgrass Ammophila breviligulata | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| American elm Ulmus americana | Tree | 120 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| American hazelnut Corylus americana | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| American pokeweed Phytolacca americana | Wildflower (forb) | 7.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| American sycamore Platanus occidentalis | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| American witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana | Tree | 20 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| arrowleaf tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum | Vine | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| balsam fir Abies balsamea | Tree | 60 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| balsam poplar Populus balsamifera | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1a |
| beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis | Tree | 75 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 2b |
| black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 9b |
| black maple Acer nigrum | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| black oak Quercus velutina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| black raspberry Rubus occidentalis | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| black willow Salix nigra | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1b |
| blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bluejoint Calamagrostis canadensis | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| blunt broom sedge Carex tribuloides | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| bog Labrador tea Ledum groenlandicum | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bristly buttercup Ranunculus hispidus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bristly dewberry Rubus hispidus | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| broadleaf arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| buckbean Menyanthes trifoliata | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| burningbush Euonymus atropurpureus | Tree | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | — |
| butternut Juglans cinerea | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Canada germander Teucrium canadense | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| Canada yew Taxus canadensis | Shrub | 5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Canadian plum Prunus nigra | Tree | 9 ft | Sun | — | Zone 9b |
| cardinalflower Lobelia cardinalis | Wildflower (forb) | 5.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea | Fern | 4.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| common blue violet Viola sororia | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| common hoptree Ptelea trifoliata | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| common selfheal Prunella vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common spikerush Eleocharis palustris | Grass or grass-like | 1.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common winterberry Ilex verticillata | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| crested woodfern Dryopteris cristata | Fern | 1.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| crookedstem aster Symphyotrichum prenanthoides | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| cucumber tree Magnolia acuminata | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5b |
| deerberry Vaccinium stamineum | Shrub | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| devil's beggartick Bidens frondosa | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 12a |
| devil's darning needles Clematis virginiana | Vine | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| downy yellow violet Viola pubescens | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| drooping woodreed Cinna latifolia | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| eastern rough sedge Carex scabrata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| eastern teaberry Gaultheria procumbens | Shrub | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| eastern white pine Pinus strobus | Tree | 150 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| fall panicgrass Panicum dichotomiflorum | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| 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 |
| flowering dogwood Cornus florida | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| 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 |
| fringed brome Bromus ciliatus | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| golden ragwort Packera aurea | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3a |
| great laurel Rhododendron maximum | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| greater bladder sedge Carex intumescens | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| hairy lespedeza Lespedeza hirta | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum | Shrub | 12 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| hobblebush Viburnum lantanoides | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| interrupted fern Osmunda claytoniana | Fern | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Jack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| jointleaf rush Juncus articulatus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| limestone meadow sedge Carex granularis | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| marsh seedbox Ludwigia palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| nannyberry Viburnum lentago | Tree | 28 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| nerveless woodland sedge Carex leptonervia | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| New York fern Thelypteris noveboracensis | Fern | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| nimblewill Muhlenbergia schreberi | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| nodding beggartick Bidens cernua | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| nodding fescue Festuca subverticillata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| northern maidenhair Adiantum pedatum | Fern | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| northern St. Johnswort Hypericum boreale | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| paper birch Betula papyrifera | Tree | 70 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1a |
| peachleaf willow Salix amygdaloides | Tree | 60 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| Philadelphia fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| pickerelweed Pontederia cordata | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata | Shrub | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| poverty rush Juncus tenuis | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| purple avens Geum rivale | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| purpleflowering raspberry Rubus odoratus | Shrub | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| purpleleaf willowherb Epilobium coloratum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| pussy willow Salix discolor | Tree | 40 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| quaking aspen Populus tremuloides | Tree | 65 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1a |
| rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum | Fern | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| red elderberry Sambucus racemosa | Tree | 18 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| red pine Pinus resinosa | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| riverbank wildrye Elymus riparius | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| rock elm Ulmus thomasii | Tree | 90 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| sago pondweed Stuckenia pectinata | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| saltmeadow cordgrass Spartina patens | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| sandbar willow Salix interior | Tree | 30 ft | Sun | — | Zone 1a |
| silky willow Salix sericea | Tree | 12 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| smallspike false nettle Boehmeria cylindrica | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| southern arrowwood Viburnum recognitum | Tree | 9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| spotted joe pye weed Eutrochium maculatum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| stiff clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum | Fern | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3a |
| sugar maple Acer saccharum | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| swamp loosestrife Decodon verticillatus | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| swamp rose Rosa palustris | Shrub | 8.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| three-way sedge Dulichium arundinaceum | Grass or grass-like | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| threeseeded sedge Carex trisperma | Grass or grass-like | 1.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| toad rush Juncus bufonius | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12a |
| Torrey's rush Juncus torreyi | Grass or grass-like | 3.1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| upright sedge Carex stricta | Grass or grass-like | 4.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| water knotweed Polygonum amphibium | Wildflower (forb) | 1 in | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| waterthread pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| white sagebrush Artemisia ludoviciana | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| widgeongrass Ruppia maritima | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| woodland bluegrass Poa sylvestris | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| wreath goldenrod Solidago caesia | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| yellow marsh marigold Caltha palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 191
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.
- American cancer-root Conopholis americana
- American columbo Frasera caroliniensis
- American hogpeanut Amphicarpaea bracteata
- American mannagrass Glyceria grandis
- American milletgrass Milium effusum
- American white waterlily Nymphaea odorata
- Atlantic goldenrod Solidago arguta
- bastard toadflax Comandra umbellata
- bay forget-me-not Myosotis laxa
- Beck's water-marigold Bidens beckii
- beechdrops Epifagus virginiana
- big devils beggartick Bidens vulgata
- black baneberry Actaea racemosa
- blackseed ricegrass Patis racemosa
- blisterwort Ranunculus recurvatus
- blite goosefoot Chenopodium capitatum
- bluntlobe grapefern Botrychium oneidense
- brittle bladderfern Cystopteris fragilis
- broad looseflower sedge Carex laxiflora
- brownish sedge Carex brunnescens
- bulblet bladderfern Cystopteris bulbifera
- bushy knotweed Polygonum ramosissimum
- Canada lily Lilium canadense
- Canada mayflower Maianthemum canadense
- Canadian white violet Viola canadensis
- Carolina vetch Vicia caroliniana
- catberry Ilex mucronata
- Chapman's bluegrass Poa chapmaniana
- Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
- clammy hedgehyssop Gratiola neglecta
- clubmoss Lycopodium ×habereri
- common boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
- cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon
- cream pea Lathyrus ochroleucus
- creeping sedge Carex chordorrhiza
- crinkleroot Cardamine diphylla
- Culver's root Veronicastrum virginicum
- cutleaf grapefern Botrychium dissectum
- deeproot clubmoss Lycopodium tristachyum
- downy yellow false foxglove Aureolaria virginica
- drooping woodland sedge Carex arctata
- Dudley's rush Juncus dudleyi
- dutchman's breeches Dicentra cucullaria
- dwarf red blackberry Rubus pubescens
- dwarf scouringrush Equisetum scirpoides
- earlyleaf brome Bromus latiglumis
- eastern hayscented fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula
- eastern marsh fern Thelypteris palustris
- eastern swamp saxifrage Saxifraga pensylvanica
- fan clubmoss Lycopodium digitatum
- fibrousroot sedge Carex communis
- field thistle Cirsium discolor
- Fries' pondweed Potamogeton friesii
- Gattinger's panicgrass Panicum gattingeri
- glade fern Diplazium pycnocarpon
- goldenseal Hydrastis canadensis
- Goldie's woodfern Dryopteris goldieana
- grassleaf mudplantain Heteranthera dubia
- great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
- greater fringed gentian Gentianopsis crinita
- greater purple fringed orchid Platanthera grandiflora
- green adder's-mouth orchid Malaxis unifolia
- green fringed orchid Platanthera lacera
- grooved flax Linum sulcatum
- grove bluegrass Poa alsodes
- hairy wildrye Elymus villosus
- hairy woodland brome Bromus pubescens
- hairy woodrush Luzula acuminata
- Hooker's orchid Platanthera hookeri
- horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta
- Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
- Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata
- Indianpipe Monotropa uniflora
- intermediate woodfern Dryopteris intermedia
- king of the meadow Thalictrum pubescens
- knotsheath sedge Carex retrorsa
- largepod pinweed Lechea intermedia
- leathery grapefern Botrychium multifidum
- leathery knotweed Polygonum achoreum
- lesser purple fringed orchid Platanthera psycodes
- lesser roundleaved orchid Platanthera orbiculata
- lesser yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium parviflorum
- little evening primrose Oenothera perennis
- little grapefern Botrychium simplex
- longspur violet Viola rostrata
- longstyle sweetroot Osmorhiza longistylis
- marginal woodfern Dryopteris marginalis
- marsh skullcap Scutellaria galericulata
- matricary grapefern Botrychium matricariifolium
- mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
- moccasin flower Cypripedium acaule
- mountain deathcamas Zigadenus elegans
- nakedflower ticktrefoil Desmodium nudiflorum
- narrowleaf cowwheat Melampyrum lineare
- northern adderstongue Ophioglossum pusillum
- northern bog violet Viola nephrophylla
- northern shorthusk Brachyelytrum aristosum
- Ontario lobelia Lobelia kalmii
- pale false mannagrass Torreyochloa pallida
- pale sedge Carex pallescens
- palegreen orchid Platanthera flava
- paleleaf woodland sunflower Helianthus strumosus
- Parlin's pussytoes Antennaria parlinii
- partridgeberry Mitchella repens
- perfoliate bellwort Uvularia perfoliata
- pinesap Monotropa hypopitys
- pointedleaf ticktrefoil Desmodium glutinosum
- poke milkweed Asclepias exaltata
- poverty dropseed Sporobolus vaginiflorus
- purple pitcherplant Sarracenia purpurea
- ramp Allium tricoccum
- rare clubmoss Lycopodium obscurum
- rattlesnakeweed Hieracium venosum
- red baneberry Actaea rubra
- red columbine Aquilegia canadensis
- red trillium Trillium erectum
- Richardson's pondweed Potamogeton richardsonii
- richweed Collinsonia canadensis
- rock polypody Polypodium virginianum
- rough barnyardgrass Echinochloa muricata
- roundleaf yellow violet Viola rotundifolia
- running clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
- salt sandspurry Spergularia salina
- saltmeadow rush Juncus gerardii
- scarlet beebalm Monarda didyma
- scarlet hawthorn Crataegus pedicellata
- Schweinitz's sedge Carex schweinitzii
- Selkirk's violet Viola selkirkii
- shining clubmoss Huperzia lucidula
- shining lady's tresses Spiranthes lucida
- shortbeak sedge Carex brevior
- showy lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae
- shrubby lespedeza Lespedeza frutescens
- sidebells wintergreen Orthilia secunda
- silver false spleenwort Deparia acrostichoides
- skunk currant Ribes glandulosum
- slender wedgescale Sphenopholis intermedia
- slim amaranth Amaranthus hybridus
- small cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos
- small green wood orchid Platanthera clavellata
- smooth Solomon's seal Polygonatum biflorum
- snakemouth orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides
- southern twayblade Listera australis
- spinulose woodfern Dryopteris carthusiana
- spreading dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
- spreading sedge Carex laxiculmis
- squirrel corn Dicentra canadensis
- starflower Trientalis borealis
- starry false lily of the valley Maianthemum stellatum
- stout goldenrod Solidago squarrosa
- summer coralroot Corallorhiza maculata
- sundial lupine Lupinus perennis
- swamp dock Rumex verticillatus
- swamp verbena Verbena hastata
- sweet white violet Viola blanda
- tall blue lettuce Lactuca biennis
- tall thimbleweed Anemone virginiana
- tapered rosette grass Dichanthelium acuminatum
- trailing arbutus Epigaea repens
- tree groundpine Lycopodium dendroideum
- tuberous grasspink Calopogon tuberosus
- Tuckerman's sedge Carex tuckermanii
- tufted lovegrass Eragrostis pectinacea
- turkey corn Dicentra eximia
- tussock cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum
- twoleaf miterwort Mitella diphylla
- upland brittle bladderfern Cystopteris tenuis
- variegated scouringrush Equisetum variegatum
- velvetleaf huckleberry Vaccinium myrtilloides
- violet lespedeza Lespedeza violacea
- Virginia chainfern Woodwardia virginica
- Virginia marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum virginicum
- wavyleaf aster Symphyotrichum undulatum
- waxyfruit hawthorn Crataegus pruinosa
- western blue virginsbower Clematis occidentalis
- western oakfern Gymnocarpium dryopteris
- white adder's-mouth orchid Malaxis brachypoda
- white baneberry Actaea pachypoda
- white trillium Trillium grandiflorum
- white wood aster Eurybia divaricata
- whorled wood aster Oclemena acuminata
- wild hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens
- Willdenow's sedge Carex willdenowii
- wingstem Verbesina alternifolia
- witchgrass Panicum capillare
- woodfern Dryopteris ×boottii
- woodland pinedrops Pterospora andromedea
- woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca
- yellow avens Geum aleppicum
- yellow fairybells Prosartes lanuginosa
- yellow widelip orchid Liparis loeselii
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.
- American red raspberryRubus idaeus
- hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
- wood bluegrassPoa nemoralis
Compared with New York
The typical county is the median of the 62 New York 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 | Wyoming County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 313 | 699 | 1,886 |
| Garden-ready natives | 122 | 299 | 655 |
| Tree | 36 | — | 171 |
| Shrub | 25 | — | 120 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 149 | — | 970 |
| Grass or grass-like | 58 | — | 472 |
| Vine | 6 | — | 56 |
| Fern | 39 | — | 97 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Wyoming County.
- Allegany County, NY 172 garden-ready
- Cattaraugus County, NY 382 garden-ready
- Erie County, NY 410 garden-ready
- Genesee County, NY 266 garden-ready
- Livingston County, NY 204 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
- Wyoming County (county FIPS 36121), New York. 313 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