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Native plants of Noble County

87 plant species are recorded as native to Oklahoma in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Noble County by USDA PLANTS. 38 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Noble County, Oklahoma

Native species
87 Typical Oklahoma county: 203 (median of 77 counties)
Garden-ready natives
38 Typical Oklahoma county: 80
Share by type (all 87 native species)
Percent of the 87 native species in each growth type
Tree 20% (17)
Shrub 5% (4)
Wildflower (forb) 51% (44)
Grass or grass-like 16% (14)
Vine 9% (8)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (51%), followed by trees (20%).

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 7a (2023 map).

The native plant list

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

Garden-ready natives 38

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

Garden-ready native plants of Noble County, Oklahoma
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American elm Ulmus americana Tree 120 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
boxelder Acer negundo Tree 60 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
burningbush Euonymus atropurpureus Tree 10 ft Shade-tolerant Low —
butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
Chickasaw plum Prunus angustifolia Tree 12 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
coastal plain willow Salix caroliniana Tree 33 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 7b
common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
common hackberry Celtis occidentalis Tree 60 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 2b
fox sedge Carex vulpinoidea Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
fringeleaf wild petunia Ruellia humilis Wildflower (forb) 2.6 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4a
graybark grape Vitis cinerea Vine 50 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6b
heartleaf peppervine Ampelopsis cordata Vine 2 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6b
honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa Tree 50 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
Illinois bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
Indian woodoats Chasmanthium latifolium Grass or grass-like 4.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
inland rush Juncus interior Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
leadplant Amorpha canescens Shrub 4 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 3b
limestone wild petunia Ruellia strepens Wildflower (forb) 3.6 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 6a
longleaf pondweed Potamogeton nodosus Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 3b
Missouri goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 3b
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 locoweed Oxytropis lambertii Wildflower (forb) 1.4 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
purple poppymallow Callirhoe involucrata Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
purple threeawn Aristida purpurea Grass or grass-like 1.4 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
rufous bulrush Scirpus pendulus Grass or grass-like 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox Vine 4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
silver maple Acer saccharinum Tree 90 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 2b
slippery elm Ulmus rubra Tree 85 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3a
sugarberry Celtis laevigata Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
upright prairie coneflower Ratibida columnifera Wildflower (forb) 3.1 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
western wheatgrass Pascopyrum smithii Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 3a
white prairie clover Dalea candida Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
winged sumac Rhus copallinum Tree 8 ft Sun Low Zone 4b

Other native species recorded here 49

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.

  • amberique-bean Strophostyles helvola
  • American star-thistle Centaurea americana
  • arrowfeather threeawn Aristida purpurascens
  • azure blue sage Salvia azurea
  • Baldwin's ironweed Vernonia baldwinii
  • bristly greenbrier Smilax tamnoides
  • dwarf hackberry Celtis pumila
  • eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron annuus
  • eyebane Chamaesyce nutans
  • Florida paspalum Paspalum floridanum
  • flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata
  • foxtail barley Hordeum jubatum
  • fragrant sumac Rhus aromatica
  • Guadeloupe cucumber Melothria pendula
  • hairy fimbry Fimbristylis puberula
  • hogwort Croton capitatus
  • lateflowering thoroughwort Eupatorium serotinum
  • light poppymallow Callirhoe alcaeoides
  • man of the earth Ipomoea pandurata
  • meadow garlic Allium canadense
  • narrowleaf purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia
  • northern dewberry Rubus flagellaris
  • Nuttall's sensitive-briar Mimosa nuttallii
  • pale spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya
  • prairie groundsel Packera plattensis
  • prairie rose Rosa arkansana
  • prairie spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis
  • queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
  • rough false pennyroyal Hedeoma hispida
  • rusty blackhaw Viburnum rufidulum
  • sand spikerush Eleocharis montevidensis
  • silverleaf Indian breadroot Pediomelum argophyllum
  • sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora
  • slickseed fuzzybean Strophostyles leiosperma
  • slimflower scurfpea Psoralidium tenuiflorum
  • slimpod Venus' looking-glass Triodanis leptocarpa
  • snow on the mountain Euphorbia marginata
  • soft goldenaster Chrysopsis pilosa
  • southern sedge Carex austrina
  • Spanish gold Grindelia papposa
  • spotted sandmat Chamaesyce maculata
  • spring forget-me-not Myosotis verna
  • spring lady's tresses Spiranthes vernalis
  • tall thistle Cirsium altissimum
  • Texas star Sabatia campestris
  • warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata
  • white four o'clock Mirabilis albida
  • white vervain Verbena urticifolia
  • wholeleaf rosinweed Silphium integrifolium

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, Noble County and Oklahoma
MeasureNoble CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 87 203 1,513
Garden-ready natives 38 80 535
Tree 17 — 130
Shrub 4 — 63
Wildflower (forb) 44 — 849
Grass or grass-like 14 — 341
Vine 8 — 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
Noble County (county FIPS 40103), Oklahoma. 87 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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