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Native plants of Coal County

80 plant species are recorded as native to Oklahoma in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Coal County by USDA PLANTS. 41 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Coal County, Oklahoma

Native species
80 Typical Oklahoma county: 203 (median of 77 counties)
Garden-ready natives
41 Typical Oklahoma county: 80
Share by type (all 80 native species)
Percent of the 80 native species in each growth type
Tree 31% (25)
Shrub 1% (1)
Wildflower (forb) 59% (47)
Grass or grass-like 6% (5)
Vine 3% (2)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (59%), followed by trees (31%).

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 zone 7b (2023 map).

The native plant list

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

Garden-ready natives 41

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

Garden-ready native plants of Coal County, Oklahoma
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American elm Ulmus americana Tree 120 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis Tree 75 ft Sun Medium Zone 2b
black oak Quercus velutina Tree 80 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
blackgum Nyssa sylvatica Tree 95 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
boxelder Acer negundo Tree 60 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
broomsedge bluestem Andropogon virginicus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
bur oak Quercus macrocarpa Tree 100 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
chinquapin oak Quercus muehlenbergii Tree 70 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
clasping coneflower Dracopis amplexicaulis Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun High Zone 10b
climbing rose Rosa setigera Vine 16 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
common blue violet Viola sororia Wildflower (forb) 4 in Sun–part shade High Zone 4b
common hackberry Celtis occidentalis Tree 60 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 2b
flowering dogwood Cornus florida Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
giant cane Arundinaria gigantea Shrub 25 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
golden tickseed Coreopsis tinctoria Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 12b
honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Tree 50 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
inland rush Juncus interior Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
narrowleaf blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 7a
northern red oak Quercus rubra Tree 81 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
Osage-orange Maclura pomifera Tree 35 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
pecan Carya illinoinensis Tree 120 ft Sun High Zone 5a
pin oak Quercus palustris Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 4a
post oak Quercus stellata Tree 60 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
prairie blazing star Liatris pycnostachya Wildflower (forb) 3.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea Grass or grass-like 1.4 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox Vine 4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
scarlet Indian paintbrush Castilleja coccinea Wildflower (forb) 1.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
shortleaf pine Pinus echinata Tree 100 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
Shumard's oak Quercus shumardii Tree 100 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
splitbeard bluestem Andropogon ternarius Grass or grass-like 3.9 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5b
sugarberry Celtis laevigata Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
twoheaded water-starwort Callitriche heterophylla Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 4a
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a
white oak Quercus alba Tree 100 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3a
willow oak Quercus phellos Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a
winged elm Ulmus alata Tree 65 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b

Other native species recorded here 39

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 wild carrot Daucus pusillus
  • ashy sunflower Helianthus mollis
  • Baldwin's ironweed Vernonia baldwinii
  • button eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium
  • Carolina anemone Anemone caroliniana
  • Carolina larkspur Delphinium carolinianum
  • crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
  • cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
  • dwarf chinquapin oak Quercus prinoides
  • early buttercup Ranunculus fascicularis
  • floating primrose-willow Ludwigia peploides
  • green dragon Arisaema dracontium
  • gum bully Sideroxylon lanuginosum
  • heartwing sorrel Rumex hastatulus
  • largeflower tickseed Coreopsis grandiflora
  • little lady's tresses Spiranthes tuberosa
  • mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
  • meadow garlic Allium canadense
  • narrowleaf mountainmint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
  • narrowleaf stoneseed Lithospermum incisum
  • northern bog violet Viola nephrophylla
  • northern slender lady's tresses Spiranthes lacera
  • Nuttall's prairie parsley Polytaenia nuttallii
  • Nuttall's sensitive-briar Mimosa nuttallii
  • pitcher's stitchwort Minuartia patula
  • prairie groundsel Packera plattensis
  • procession flower Polygala incarnata
  • purple milkwort Polygala sanguinea
  • Red River scaleseed Spermolepis inermis
  • rose mock vervain Glandularia canadensis
  • sidebeak pencilflower Stylosanthes biflora
  • slimflower scurfpea Psoralidium tenuiflorum
  • sneezeweed Helenium amarum
  • soft goldenaster Chrysopsis pilosa
  • spring forget-me-not Myosotis verna
  • spring lady's tresses Spiranthes vernalis
  • Virginia springbeauty Claytonia virginica
  • Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana
  • warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata

Compared with Oklahoma

The typical county is the median of the 77 Oklahoma 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, Coal County and Oklahoma
MeasureCoal CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 80 203 1,513
Garden-ready natives 41 80 535
Tree 25 — 130
Shrub 1 — 63
Wildflower (forb) 47 — 849
Grass or grass-like 5 — 341
Vine 2 — 85
Fern 0 — 45

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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
Coal County (county FIPS 40029), Oklahoma. 80 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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