Native plants · Puerto Rico
Native plants of Orocovis Municipio
3 plant species are recorded as native to Puerto Rico in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Orocovis Municipio by USDA PLANTS. 1 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.
County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP
Orocovis Municipio, Puerto Rico
PLANTS records only 1 garden-ready native here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Puerto Rico list is a useful second check.
- Native species
- 3 Typical Puerto Rico county: 6 (median of 74 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 1 Typical Puerto Rico county: 3
- Share by type (all 3 native species)
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Percent of the 3 native species in each growth type
Grasses and grass-like plants make up the largest share of the native list (67%), followed by trees (33%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 1
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierran palm Prestoea acuminata | Tree | 70 ft | — | — | Zone 11a |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 2
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.
- low spikesedge Kyllinga pumila
- yellow spikerush Eleocharis flavescens
Compared with Puerto Rico
The typical county is the median of the 74 Puerto Rico 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 | Orocovis Municipio | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 3 | 6 | 253 |
| Garden-ready natives | 1 | 3 | 141 |
| Tree | 1 | — | 76 |
| Shrub | 0 | — | 5 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 0 | — | 88 |
| Grass or grass-like | 2 | — | 69 |
| Vine | 0 | — | 9 |
| Fern | 0 | — | 6 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Orocovis Municipio.
- Ciales Municipio, PR 2 garden-ready
- Coamo Municipio, PR 5 garden-ready
- Villalba Municipio, PR 1 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
- Orocovis Municipio (county FIPS 72107), Puerto Rico. 3 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