Native plants · Wisconsin
Native plants of Dane County
998 plant species are recorded as native to Wisconsin in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Dane County by USDA PLANTS. 385 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
Dane County, Wisconsin
- Native species
- 998 Typical Wisconsin county: 653 (median of 71 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 385 Typical Wisconsin county: 272
- Share by type (all 998 native species)
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Percent of the 998 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (56%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (23%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 385
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alderleaf buckthorn Rhamnus alnifolia | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| Allegheny blackberry Rubus allegheniensis | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Allegheny serviceberry Amelanchier laevis | Tree | 35 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| alternateleaf dogwood Cornus alternifolia | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| American basswood Tilia americana | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| American bellflower Campanulastrum americanum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 12b |
| American bittersweet Celastrus scandens | Vine | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| American black currant Ribes americanum | Shrub | 3 ft | — | — | Zone 2b |
| American eelgrass Vallisneria americana | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 licorice Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| American lotus Nelumbo lutea | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| American plum Prunus americana | Tree | 24 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| American pokeweed Phytolacca americana | Wildflower (forb) | 7.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| American red raspberry Rubus idaeus | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 1a |
| American sycamore Platanus occidentalis | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| American vetch Vicia americana | Vine | 1.3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| American water horehound Lycopus americanus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.8 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| American water plantain Alisma subcordatum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| American witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana | Tree | 20 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| annual wildrice Zizania aquatica | Grass or grass-like | 9.8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 10b |
| arctic brome Bromus kalmii | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| arrowleaf tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum | Vine | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| arumleaf arrowhead Sagittaria cuneata | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Atlantic camas Camassia scilloides | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| awlfruit sedge Carex stipata | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| bearded beggarticks Bidens aristosa | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12b |
| Bebb's sedge Carex bebbii | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| Bicknell's sedge Carex bicknellii | Grass or grass-like | 3.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| big bluestem Andropogon gerardii | Grass or grass-like | 6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 2b |
| bigleaf aster Eurybia macrophylla | Wildflower (forb) | 4.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis | Tree | 75 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 2b |
| black ash Fraxinus nigra | Tree | 65 ft | Sun | High | Zone 2b |
| black cherry Prunus serotina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 9b |
| black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata | Shrub | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| 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 walnut Juglans nigra | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| blister sedge Carex vesicaria | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| blue grama Bouteloua gracilis | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| bluebead Clintonia borealis | Wildflower (forb) | 1.1 ft | Sun | 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 |
| blunt spikerush Eleocharis obtusa | Grass or grass-like | 1.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11a |
| bluntleaf bedstraw Galium obtusum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| bog birch Betula pumila | Shrub | 20 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| bog goldenrod Solidago uliginosa | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| bog willowherb Epilobium leptophyllum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| boxelder Acer negundo | Tree | 60 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| bristly dewberry Rubus hispidus | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| bristlystalked sedge Carex leptalea | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| broadfruit bur-reed Sparganium eurycarpum | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| broadleaf arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| broadleaf cattail Typha latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| broadleaf rosette grass Dichanthelium latifolium | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3a |
| broom sedge Carex scoparia | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| buckbean Menyanthes trifoliata | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| bulbous bittercress Cardamine bulbosa | Wildflower (forb) | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bunchberry dogwood Cornus canadensis | Shrub | 6 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| bur oak Quercus macrocarpa | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| bur-reed sedge Carex sparganioides | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| burningbush Euonymus atropurpureus | Tree | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | — |
| butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| butternut Juglans cinerea | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| calico aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Canada germander Teucrium canadense | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| Canada goldenrod Solidago altissima | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Canada wildrye Elymus canadensis | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12b |
| Canadian lousewort Pedicularis canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Canadian milkvetch Astragalus canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Canadian rush Juncus canadensis | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| cardinalflower Lobelia cardinalis | Wildflower (forb) | 5.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| Carolina foxtail Alopecurus carolinianus | Grass or grass-like | 1.7 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| Carolina rose Rosa carolina | Shrub | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3a |
| cattail sedge Carex typhina | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| chokecherry Prunus virginiana | Tree | 25 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea | Fern | 4.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| cloaked bulrush Scirpus pallidus | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| closed bottle gentian Gentiana andrewsii | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| clustered field sedge Carex praegracilis | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| coast cockspur grass Echinochloa walteri | Grass or grass-like | 6.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 10b |
| common blue violet Viola sororia | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| common blue wood aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| common cowparsnip Heracleum maximum | Wildflower (forb) | 8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common duckweed Lemna minor | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common evening primrose Oenothera biennis | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| common goldstar Hypoxis hirsuta | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| common hackberry Celtis occidentalis | Tree | 60 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 2b |
| common hoptree Ptelea trifoliata | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| common juniper Juniperus communis | Tree | 10 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| common mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| common selfheal Prunella vulgaris | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common serviceberry Amelanchier arborea | Tree | 36 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| common sneezeweed Helenium autumnale | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| common spikerush Eleocharis palustris | Grass or grass-like | 1.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common threesquare Schoenoplectus pungens | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| common winterberry Ilex verticillata | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| composite dropseed Sporobolus compositus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| coon's tail Ceratophyllum demersum | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| creeping juniper Juniperus horizontalis | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| crested sedge Carex cristatella | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| crookedstem aster Symphyotrichum prenanthoides | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| cup plant Silphium perfoliatum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 2b |
| cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata | Wildflower (forb) | 8.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| devil's beggartick Bidens frondosa | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 12a |
| Dewey sedge Carex deweyana | Grass or grass-like | 3.8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| ditch stonecrop Penthorum sedoides | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| dotted smartweed Polygonum punctatum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| downy arrowwood Viburnum rafinesqueanum | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3a |
| downy paintedcup Castilleja sessiliflora | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| downy yellow violet Viola pubescens | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| drooping sedge Carex prasina | Grass or grass-like | 2.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Drummond's rockcress Arabis drummondii | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| dwarf St. Johnswort Hypericum mutilum | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5a |
| eastern purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea | Wildflower (forb) | 1.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| eastern redcedar Juniperus virginiana | Tree | 50 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3a |
| 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 |
| eastern woodland sedge Carex blanda | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| fall panicgrass Panicum dichotomiflorum | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| false indigo bush Amorpha fruticosa | Shrub | 15 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| field horsetail Equisetum arvense | Fern | 11 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| field pussytoes Antennaria neglecta | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| fineleaf pondweed Stuckenia filiformis | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| fireweed Chamerion angustifolium | Wildflower (forb) | 5.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| flatstem pondweed Potamogeton zosteriformis | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| flatstem spikerush Eleocharis compressa | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| floating pondweed Potamogeton natans | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| fowl bluegrass Poa palustris | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| fowl mannagrass Glyceria striata | Grass or grass-like | 5.7 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| fox sedge Carex vulpinoidea | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| fragrant flatsedge Cyperus odoratus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11b |
| fringed brome Bromus ciliatus | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| fringed sedge Carex crinita | Grass or grass-like | 5.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| fringeleaf wild petunia Ruellia humilis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| Georgia bulrush Scirpus georgianus | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea | Wildflower (forb) | 8.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| golden currant Ribes aureum | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| golden ragwort Packera aurea | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3a |
| golden sedge Carex aurea | Grass or grass-like | 1.2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| golden tickseed Coreopsis tinctoria | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12b |
| graceful sedge Carex gracillima | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| gray alder Alnus incana | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| gray dogwood Cornus racemosa | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| gray goldenrod Solidago nemoralis | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Gray's sedge Carex grayi | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| great St. Johnswort Hypericum ascyron | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| greater bladder sedge Carex intumescens | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| greater straw sedge Carex normalis | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Tree | 80 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| green bulrush Scirpus atrovirens | Grass or grass-like | 5.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 2a |
| green needlegrass Nassella viridula | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| groundnut Apios americana | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| hairy grama Bouteloua hirsuta | Grass or grass-like | 6 in | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| hairy sedge Carex lacustris | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4b |
| hairy white oldfield aster Symphyotrichum pilosum | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| hairyfruit sedge Carex trichocarpa | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| hardstem bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus | Grass or grass-like | 9.8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| harvestlice Agrimonia parviflora | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos | Tree | 70 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| hop sedge Carex lupulina | Grass or grass-like | 4.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana | Tree | 45 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans | Grass or grass-like | 6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Indianhemp Apocynum cannabinum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| inland rush Juncus interior | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| inland sedge Carex interior | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | 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 |
| Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus | Wildflower (forb) | 9.8 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3a |
| jewelweed Impatiens capensis | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 10b |
| Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Shrub | 6 in | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| knotted rush Juncus nodosus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| lanceleaf loosestrife Lysimachia lanceolata | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| lanceleaf tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6b |
| largeleaf pondweed Potamogeton amplifolius | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| leadplant Amorpha canescens | Shrub | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| leafy pondweed Potamogeton foliosus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| lesser panicled sedge Carex diandra | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| limestone meadow sedge Carex granularis | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| little barley Hordeum pusillum | Grass or grass-like | 1.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| little green sedge Carex viridula | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| littleleaf buttercup Ranunculus abortivus | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| longhair sedge Carex comosa | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| longleaf pondweed Potamogeton nodosus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| longleaf starwort Stellaria longifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum acerifolium | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| marsh bellflower Campanula aparinoides | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| marsh muhly Muhlenbergia racemosa | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| marsh seedbox Ludwigia palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| Mexican muhly Muhlenbergia mexicana | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Missouri goldenrod Solidago missouriensis | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| mountain maple Acer spicatum | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| mud sedge Carex limosa | Grass or grass-like | 1.8 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Muskingum sedge Carex muskingumensis | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| nannyberry Viburnum lentago | Tree | 28 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| necklace sedge Carex projecta | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| needle and thread Hesperostipa comata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| needle spikerush Eleocharis acicularis | Grass or grass-like | 8 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus | Shrub | 3 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 |
| nodding waternymph Najas flexilis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| northern bedstraw Galium boreale | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| northern bush honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera | Shrub | 2.4 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5a |
| northern maidenhair Adiantum pedatum | Fern | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| northern red oak Quercus rubra | Tree | 81 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| northern St. Johnswort Hypericum boreale | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| Northwest Territory sedge Carex utriculata | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| old man's whiskers Geum triflorum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| orangegrass Hypericum gentianoides | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 12a |
| oval-leaf sedge Carex cephalophora | Grass or grass-like | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| pale purple coneflower Echinacea pallida | Wildflower (forb) | 1.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| pale touch-me-not Impatiens pallida | Wildflower (forb) | 8.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 10b |
| panicled bulrush Scirpus microcarpus | Grass or grass-like | 5.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| paper birch Betula papyrifera | Tree | 70 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1a |
| partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata | Wildflower (forb) | 2.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| Pennsylvania bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Pennsylvania smartweed Polygonum pensylvanicum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| perplexed ticktrefoil Desmodium perplexum | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | 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 |
| pin cherry Prunus pensylvanica | Tree | 30 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| pinnate prairie coneflower Ratibida pinnata | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata | Shrub | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| plains muhly Muhlenbergia cuspidata | Grass or grass-like | 1.4 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| porcupinegrass Hesperostipa spartea | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| poverty rush Juncus tenuis | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| prairie blazing star Liatris pycnostachya | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| prairie cordgrass Spartina pectinata | Grass or grass-like | 8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| prairie crab apple Malus ioensis | Tree | 25 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis | Grass or grass-like | 2.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3b |
| prairie sandreed Calamovilfa longifolia | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| prairie wedgescale Sphenopholis obtusata | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| prairie willow Salix humilis | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| pride of Ohio Dodecatheon meadia | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis | Grass or grass-like | 11 in | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| purple prairie clover Dalea purpurea | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| purpleleaf willowherb Epilobium coloratum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| purplestem aster Symphyotrichum puniceum | Wildflower (forb) | 8.1 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| purplestem beggarticks Bidens connata | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| purpletop tridens Tridens flavus | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| pussy willow Salix discolor | Tree | 40 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| quill sedge Carex tenera | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum | Fern | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| rattlesnake mannagrass Glyceria canadensis | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| red elderberry Sambucus racemosa | Tree | 18 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| red maple Acer rubrum | Tree | 68 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| red pine Pinus resinosa | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| redosier dogwood Cornus sericea | Tree | 12 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| redroot flatsedge Cyperus erythrorhizos | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11a |
| reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| rice cutgrass Leersia oryzoides | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| river birch Betula nigra | Tree | 70 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| river bulrush Bolboschoenus fluviatilis | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| riverbank grape Vitis riparia | Vine | 45 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| rough avens Geum laciniatum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.1 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5a |
| rough bedstraw Galium asprellum | Wildflower (forb) | 5.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| rough bentgrass Agrostis scabra | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| roughfruit amaranth Amaranthus tuberculatus | Wildflower (forb) | 6.6 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| roundhead lespedeza Lespedeza capitata | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| roundleaf dogwood Cornus rugosa | Tree | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| roundleaf goldenrod Solidago patula | Wildflower (forb) | 6.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| roundleaf serviceberry Amelanchier sanguinea | Tree | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| rufous bulrush Scirpus pendulus | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| sageleaf willow Salix candida | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| sago pondweed Stuckenia pectinata | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| sand dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| sandcherry Prunus pumila | Shrub | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| sawtooth sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| scarlet Indian paintbrush Castilleja coccinea | Wildflower (forb) | 1.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| scarlet oak Quercus coccinea | Tree | 70 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| scratchgrass Muhlenbergia asperifolia | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| shagbark hickory Carya ovata | Tree | 75 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| shortawn foxtail Alopecurus aequalis | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| shrubby cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa | Shrub | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| sideoats grama Bouteloua curtipendula | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| silver maple Acer saccharinum | Tree | 90 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 2b |
| skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| slender cottongrass Eriophorum gracile | Grass or grass-like | 1.7 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| slender flatsedge Cyperus bipartitus | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| slimstem reedgrass Calamagrostis stricta | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| slippery elm Ulmus rubra | Tree | 85 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 3a |
| small enchanter's nightshade Circaea alpina | Wildflower (forb) | 11 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| small floating mannagrass Glyceria borealis | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| 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 |
| smooth blue aster Symphyotrichum laeve | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| smooth hedgenettle Stachys tenuifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| smooth horsetail Equisetum laevigatum | Fern | 5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| smooth sumac Rhus glabra | Tree | 12 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| softleaf sedge Carex disperma | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| softstem bulrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Grass or grass-like | 9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| southern arrowwood Viburnum recognitum | Tree | 9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| spiked muhly Muhlenbergia glomerata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| spotted joe pye weed Eutrochium maculatum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| spring avens Geum vernum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| staghorn sumac Rhus typhina | Tree | 30 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4a |
| stalked bulrush Scirpus pedicellatus | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| star duckweed Lemna trisulca | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| star sedge Carex echinata | Grass or grass-like | 1.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa | Shrub | 4 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| stiff goldenrod Oligoneuron rigidum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| stiff marsh bedstraw Galium tinctorium | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| strawcolored flatsedge Cyperus strigosus | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| sugar maple Acer saccharum | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| summer grape Vitis aestivalis | Vine | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| swamp loosestrife Decodon verticillatus | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| swamp white oak Quercus bicolor | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| sweet woodreed Cinna arundinacea | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| switchgrass Panicum virgatum | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| tall cinquefoil Potentilla arguta | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| tall cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| tall hairy agrimony Agrimonia gryposepala | Wildflower (forb) | 5.9 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| tamarack Larix laricina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 1a |
| tapertip rush Juncus acuminatus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| teal lovegrass Eragrostis hypnoides | Grass or grass-like | 4 in | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| three-way sedge Dulichium arundinaceum | Grass or grass-like | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| threelobe beggarticks Bidens tripartita | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12a |
| threepetal bedstraw Galium trifidum | Vine | 10 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| 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 |
| troublesome sedge Carex molesta | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| tufted bulrush Trichophorum cespitosum | Grass or grass-like | 1.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| tufted loosestrife Lysimachia thyrsiflora | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| twoheaded water-starwort Callitriche heterophylla | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| upright prairie coneflower Ratibida columnifera | Wildflower (forb) | 3.1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| upright sedge Carex stricta | Grass or grass-like | 4.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton gramineus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| vernal water-starwort Callitriche palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Vine | 1 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| Virginia iris Iris virginica | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8b |
| Virginia wildrye Elymus virginicus | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4b |
| water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile | Fern | 3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| water knotweed Polygonum amphibium | Wildflower (forb) | 1 in | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| water sedge Carex aquatilis | Grass or grass-like | 2.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| western pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| western snowberry Symphoricarpos occidentalis | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| western wheatgrass Pascopyrum smithii | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| wheat sedge Carex atherodes | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| white ash Fraxinus americana | Tree | 90 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| white avens Geum canadense | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| white doll's daisy Boltonia asteroides | Wildflower (forb) | 8 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| white edge sedge Carex debilis | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 6a |
| white meadowsweet Spiraea alba | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| white oak Quercus alba | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| white panicle aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| white prairie clover Dalea candida | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| white sagebrush Artemisia ludoviciana | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| whitegrass Leersia virginica | Grass or grass-like | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| whitestem pondweed Potamogeton praelongus | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| wild blue phlox Phlox divaricata | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| wild sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| winter bentgrass Agrostis hyemalis | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| wirestem muhly Muhlenbergia frondosa | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| woodland horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum | Fern | 11 in | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3a |
| woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| woolly beachheather Hudsonia tomentosa | Shrub | 1 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| woolly plantain Plantago patagonica | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Sun | Low | Zone 12b |
| yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis | Tree | 75 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 2b |
| 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 613
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.
- Adam and Eve Aplectrum hyemale
- agueweed Gentianella quinquefolia
- Allegheny monkeyflower Mimulus ringens
- alpine violet Viola labradorica
- American bladdernut Staphylea trifolia
- American burnweed Erechtites hieraciifolius
- American dragonhead Dracocephalum parviflorum
- American false pennyroyal Hedeoma pulegioides
- American hogpeanut Amphicarpaea bracteata
- American lopseed Phryma leptostachya
- American mannagrass Glyceria grandis
- American searocket Cakile edentula
- American senna Senna hebecarpa
- American spikenard Aralia racemosa
- American white waterlily Nymphaea odorata
- American wintergreen Pyrola americana
- American yellowrocket Barbarea orthoceras
- aromatic aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
- arrowfeather threeawn Aristida purpurascens
- arrowleaf violet Viola sagittata
- aster Symphyotrichum ×amethystinum
- Aunt Lucy Ellisia nyctelea
- autumn coralroot Corallorhiza odontorhiza
- azure bluet Houstonia caerulea
- Back's sedge Carex backii
- bald spikerush Eleocharis erythropoda
- balsam groundsel Packera paupercula
- bastard toadflax Comandra umbellata
- bay forget-me-not Myosotis laxa
- bearded flatsedge Cyperus squarrosus
- bearded shorthusk Brachyelytrum erectum
- Beck's water-marigold Bidens beckii
- beggarslice Hackelia virginiana
- Bernard violet Viola ×bernardii
- biannual lettuce Lactuca ludoviciana
- biennial beeblossom Oenothera gaura
- big devils beggartick Bidens vulgata
- bigbract verbena Verbena bracteata
- bigfruit hawthorn Crataegus macrosperma
- birdfoot violet Viola pedata
- blackseed plantain Plantago rugelii
- blackseed ricegrass Patis racemosa
- blite goosefoot Chenopodium capitatum
- bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
- bloody butcher Trillium recurvatum
- blue giant hyssop Agastache foeniculum
- blue skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora
- bluejacket Tradescantia ohiensis
- bluntleaf sandwort Moehringia lateriflora
- bluntlobe cliff fern Woodsia obtusa
- bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia
- bog yellowcress Rorippa palustris
- bottlebrush sedge Carex hystericina
- bottomland aster Symphyotrichum ontarionis
- box knotweed Polygonum buxiforme
- branched bur-reed Sparganium androcladum
- bristleleaf sedge Carex eburnea
- bristly greenbrier Smilax tamnoides
- brittle bladderfern Cystopteris fragilis
- broad beechfern Phegopteris hexagonoptera
- brown widelip orchid Liparis liliifolia
- browneyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba
- bulblet bladderfern Cystopteris bulbifera
- bulblet-bearing water hemlock Cicuta bulbifera
- button eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium
- buttonbush dodder Cuscuta cephalanthi
- Buxbaum's sedge Carex buxbaumii
- Canada lettuce Lactuca canadensis
- Canada mayflower Maianthemum canadense
- Canada toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
- Canadian anemone Anemone canadensis
- Canadian clearweed Pilea pumila
- Canadian honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis
- Canadian white violet Viola canadensis
- Canadian wildginger Asarum canadense
- Canadian woodnettle Laportea canadensis
- candle anemone Anemone cylindrica
- Carolina draba Draba reptans
- Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
- Carolina horsenettle Solanum carolinense
- Carolina puccoon Lithospermum caroliniense
- Carolina vetch Vicia caroliniana
- carpenter's square Scrophularia marilandica
- Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
- churchmouse threeawn Aristida dichotoma
- clammy groundcherry Physalis heterophylla
- clammy hedgehyssop Gratiola neglecta
- clasping milkweed Asclepias amplexicaulis
- clasping Venus' looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata
- Clayton's sweetroot Osmorhiza claytonii
- Cleland's evening primrose Oenothera clelandii
- climbing false buckwheat Polygonum scandens
- clubmoss Lycopodium ×habereri
- clustered blacksnakeroot Sanicula odorata
- coastal jointweed Polygonella articulata
- Columbian watermeal Wolffia columbiana
- common bladderwort Utricularia macrorhiza
- common boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
- common cinquefoil Potentilla simplex
- common milkweed Asclepias syriaca
- common moonseed Menispermum canadense
- common pricklyash Zanthoxylum americanum
- common threeseed mercury Acalypha rhomboidea
- common woodrush Luzula multiflora
- common yellow oxalis Oxalis stricta
- compassplant Silphium laciniatum
- cream pea Lathyrus ochroleucus
- creeping sedge Carex chordorrhiza
- cuckoo flower Cardamine pratensis
- Culver's root Veronicastrum virginicum
- Cuman ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya
- curlycup gumweed Grindelia squarrosa
- curlytop knotweed Polygonum lapathifolium
- cutleaf grapefern Botrychium dissectum
- cutleaf toothwort Cardamine concatenata
- cypress-like sedge Carex pseudocyperus
- Davis' sedge Carex davisii
- densetuft hairsedge Bulbostylis capillaris
- desert goosefoot Chenopodium pratericola
- dioecious sedge Carex sterilis
- dotted hawthorn Crataegus punctata
- downy gentian Gentiana puberulenta
- downy pagoda-plant Blephilia ciliata
- downy phlox Phlox pilosa
- downy rattlesnake plantain Goodyera pubescens
- Drummond's aster Symphyotrichum drummondii
- dryspike sedge Carex siccata
- Dudley's rush Juncus dudleyi
- dutchman's breeches Dicentra cucullaria
- dwarf red blackberry Rubus pubescens
- earleaf false foxglove Agalinis auriculata
- early buttercup Ranunculus fascicularis
- early goldenrod Solidago juncea
- early meadow-rue Thalictrum dioicum
- earlyleaf brome Bromus latiglumis
- earth loosestrife Lysimachia terrestris
- eastern bottlebrush grass Elymus hystrix
- eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron annuus
- eastern hayscented fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula
- eastern marsh fern Thelypteris palustris
- eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
- eastern prickly gooseberry Ribes cynosbati
- eastern star sedge Carex radiata
- eastern swamp saxifrage Saxifraga pensylvanica
- eastern waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum
- ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
- elliptic spikerush Eleocharis elliptica
- elmleaf goldenrod Solidago ulmifolia
- Emory's sedge Carex emoryi
- Engelmann's spikerush Eleocharis engelmannii
- Equisetum ×ferrissii Equisetum ×ferrissii
- erect knotweed Polygonum erectum
- evening campion Silene nivea
- eyebane Chamaesyce nutans
- fall rosette grass Dichanthelium wilcoxianum
- fall witchgrass Digitaria cognata
- false Indian plantain Hasteola suaveolens
- falsegold groundsel Packera pseudaurea
- fan clubmoss Lycopodium digitatum
- feathery false lily of the valley Maianthemum racemosum
- fen grass of Parnassus Parnassia glauca
- fernleaf yellow false foxglove Aureolaria pedicularia
- feverwort Triosteum perfoliatum
- fewleaf sunflower Helianthus occidentalis
- fibrousroot sedge Carex communis
- field thistle Cirsium discolor
- fireberry hawthorn Crataegus chrysocarpa
- flat-top goldentop Euthamia graminifolia
- flatleaf bladderwort Utricularia intermedia
- fleshy hawthorn Crataegus succulenta
- fleshy starwort Stellaria crassifolia
- Flodman's thistle Cirsium flodmanii
- flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata
- fluxweed Trichostema brachiatum
- forked threeawn Aristida basiramea
- fourflower yellow loosestrife Lysimachia quadriflora
- foxtail barley Hordeum jubatum
- foxtail sedge Carex alopecoidea
- fragile rockbrake Cryptogramma stelleri
- fragrant bedstraw Galium triflorum
- Fraser's marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum fraseri
- Fries' pondweed Potamogeton friesii
- fringed loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata
- fringed willowherb Epilobium ciliatum
- Geyer's sandmat Chamaesyce geyeri
- giant sunflower Helianthus giganteus
- golden zizia Zizia aurea
- goldenseal Hydrastis canadensis
- Goldie's woodfern Dryopteris goldieana
- grape honeysuckle Lonicera reticulata
- grassleaf mudplantain Heteranthera dubia
- great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
- Great Plains flatsedge Cyperus lupulinus
- Great Plains lady's tresses Spiranthes magnicamporum
- great ragweed Ambrosia trifida
- great waterleaf Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
- greater fringed gentian Gentianopsis crinita
- greater water dock Rumex orbiculatus
- Greek valerian Polemonium reptans
- green carpetweed Mollugo verticillata
- green comet milkweed Asclepias viridiflora
- green dragon Arisaema dracontium
- green fringed orchid Platanthera lacera
- green milkweed Asclepias hirtella
- Greene's rush Juncus greenei
- grooved flax Linum sulcatum
- groovestem Indian plantain Arnoglossum plantagineum
- hairy evening primrose Oenothera villosa
- hairy forked nailwort Paronychia fastigiata
- hairy hawkweed Hieracium longipilum
- hairy hedgenettle Stachys pilosa
- hairy Solomon's seal Polygonatum pubescens
- hairy sunflower Helianthus hirsutus
- hairy wildrye Elymus villosus
- hairy woodland brome Bromus pubescens
- hairystem gooseberry Ribes hirtellum
- Hall's bulrush Schoenoplectiella hallii
- Hayden's sedge Carex haydenii
- hazel dodder Cuscuta coryli
- heartleaf four o'clock Mirabilis nyctaginea
- heartleaf skullcap Scutellaria ovata
- heavy sedge Carex gravida
- Heller's rosette grass Dichanthelium oligosanthes
- hemlock rosette grass Dichanthelium sabulorum
- hemlock waterparsnip Sium suave
- hiddenfruit bladderwort Utricularia geminiscapa
- Hitchcock's sedge Carex hitchcockiana
- hoary frostweed Helianthemum bicknellii
- hoary puccoon Lithospermum canescens
- hoary verbena Verbena stricta
- Holmes' hawthorn Crataegus holmesiana
- horned pondweed Zannichellia palustris
- Houghton's flatsedge Cyperus houghtonii
- Howell's pussytoes Antennaria howellii
- humped bladderwort Utricularia gibba
- Huron green orchid Platanthera huronensis
- hybrid cattail Typha ×glauca
- hybrid oak Quercus ×hawkinsiae
- Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
- Illinois ticktrefoil Desmodium illinoense
- Indian-tobacco Lobelia inflata
- Indianpipe Monotropa uniflora
- inflated narrow-leaf sedge Carex grisea
- intermediate woodfern Dryopteris intermedia
- James' sedge Carex jamesii
- Jersey tea Ceanothus herbaceus
- jumpseed Polygonum virginianum
- Kalm's hawkweed Hieracium kalmii
- knotsheath sedge Carex retrorsa
- lanceleaf figwort Scrophularia lanceolata
- lanceleaf fogfruit Phyla lanceolata
- lanceleaf sage Salvia reflexa
- large Indian breadroot Pediomelum esculentum
- large St. Johnswort Hypericum majus
- largebract ticktrefoil Desmodium cuspidatum
- largeflower bellwort Uvularia grandiflora
- largepod pinweed Lechea intermedia
- lateflowering thoroughwort Eupatorium serotinum
- leathery grapefern Botrychium multifidum
- leathery knotweed Polygonum achoreum
- Leiberg's panicum Dichanthelium leibergii
- lesser clearweed Pilea fontana
- lesser purple fringed orchid Platanthera psycodes
- lesser rattlesnake plantain Goodyera repens
- lesser roundleaved orchid Platanthera orbiculata
- lesser yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium parviflorum
- licorice bedstraw Galium circaezans
- lilac penstemon Penstemon gracilis
- limber honeysuckle Lonicera dioica
- Lindley's aster Symphyotrichum ciliolatum
- little evening primrose Oenothera perennis
- little grapefern Botrychium simplex
- long-stolon sedge Carex inops
- longbract frog orchid Dactylorhiza viridis
- longbract spiderwort Tradescantia bracteata
- longbranch frostweed Helianthemum canadense
- longleaf groundcherry Physalis longifolia
- longleaf summer bluet Houstonia longifolia
- longstalk sedge Carex pedunculata
- longstyle sweetroot Osmorhiza longistylis
- low false bindweed Calystegia spithamaea
- lowland bladderfern Cystopteris protrusa
- lowland rotala Rotala ramosior
- lowland yellow loosestrife Lysimachia hybrida
- lyrate rockcress Arabis lyrata
- manyfruit primrose-willow Ludwigia polycarpa
- mapleleaf goosefoot Chenopodium simplex
- marginal woodfern Dryopteris marginalis
- marsh blue violet Viola cucullata
- marsh mermaidweed Proserpinaca palustris
- marsh pea Lathyrus palustris
- marsh skullcap Scutellaria galericulata
- Maryland sanicle Sanicula marilandica
- mat sandbur Cenchrus longispinus
- matted spikerush Eleocharis intermedia
- Maximilian sunflower Helianthus maximiliani
- mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
- Mead's sedge Carex meadii
- meadow garlic Allium canadense
- meadow zizia Zizia aptera
- Michaux's stitchwort Minuartia michauxii
- Michigan lily Lilium michiganense
- Missouri gooseberry Ribes missouriense
- moccasin flower Cypripedium acaule
- mountain deathcamas Zigadenus elegans
- mountain ricegrass Piptatheropsis pungens
- Muhlenberg's sedge Carex muehlenbergii
- nakedflower ticktrefoil Desmodium nudiflorum
- narrowleaf bur-reed Sparganium angustifolium
- narrowleaf gumweed Grindelia lanceolata
- narrowleaf hawkweed Hieracium umbellatum
- narrowleaf pinweed Lechea tenuifolia
- narrowleaf pondweed Potamogeton strictifolius
- narrowleaf stoneseed Lithospermum incisum
- narrowleaf wild leek Allium burdickii
- neckweed Veronica peregrina
- needle beaksedge Rhynchospora capillacea
- New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
- nodding chickweed Cerastium nutans
- nodding onion Allium cernuum
- nodding sedge Carex gynandra
- nodding stickseed Hackelia deflexa
- nodding wakerobin Trillium flexipes
- northeastern sedge Carex cryptolepis
- northern adderstongue Ophioglossum pusillum
- northern bog aster Symphyotrichum boreale
- northern bog bedstraw Galium labradoricum
- northern bog violet Viola nephrophylla
- northern dewberry Rubus flagellaris
- northern evening primrose Oenothera parviflora
- northern selaginella Selaginella rupestris
- northern slender lady's tresses Spiranthes lacera
- northern sweetgrass Hierochloe hirta
- northern water plantain Alisma triviale
- northern watermeal Wolffia borealis
- northern wildrice Zizania palustris
- Norwegian cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica
- Nuttall's prairie parsley Polytaenia nuttallii
- Oakes' evening primrose Oenothera oakesiana
- Oakes' pondweed Potamogeton oakesianus
- obedient plant Physostegia virginiana
- Oklahoma grasspink Calopogon oklahomensis
- oneflowered broomrape Orobanche uniflora
- oneseed bur cucumber Sicyos angulatus
- Ontario blazing star Liatris cylindracea
- Ontario lobelia Lobelia kalmii
- openfield sedge Carex conoidea
- orangefruit horse-gentian Triosteum aurantiacum
- pale dock Rumex altissimus
- pale Indian plantain Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
- palegreen orchid Platanthera flava
- paleleaf woodland sunflower Helianthus strumosus
- palespike lobelia Lobelia spicata
- parasol sedge Carex umbellata
- parasol whitetop Doellingeria umbellata
- Parlin's pussytoes Antennaria parlinii
- partridgeberry Mitchella repens
- pear hawthorn Crataegus calpodendron
- Peck's sedge Carex peckii
- Pennsylvania pellitory Parietaria pensylvanica
- Pennsylvania sedge Carex pensylvanica
- pitseed goosefoot Chenopodium berlandieri
- plain gentian Gentiana alba
- plains snakecotton Froelichia floridana
- plaitleaf dewberry Rubus plicatifolius
- pleatleaf knotweed Polygonum tenue
- pointedleaf ticktrefoil Desmodium glutinosum
- poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix
- poke milkweed Asclepias exaltata
- poverty dropseed Sporobolus vaginiflorus
- poverty oatgrass Danthonia spicata
- prairie blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium campestre
- prairie false dandelion Nothocalais cuspidata
- prairie goldenrod Oligoneuron album
- prairie groundsel Packera plattensis
- prairie ironweed Vernonia fasciculata
- prairie milkweed Asclepias sullivantii
- prairie rose Rosa arkansana
- prairie rosinweed Silphium terebinthinaceum
- prairie sedge Carex prairea
- prairie threeawn Aristida oligantha
- prairie violet Viola pedatifida
- procession flower Polygala incarnata
- pubescent sedge Carex hirtifolia
- puffsheath dropseed Sporobolus neglectus
- purple chokeberry Aronia ×prunifolia
- purple cliffbrake Pellaea atropurpurea
- purple false foxglove Agalinis purpurea
- purple giant hyssop Agastache scrophulariifolia
- purple marshlocks Comarum palustre
- purple meadow-rue Thalictrum dasycarpum
- purple meadowparsnip Thaspium trifoliatum
- purple milkweed Asclepias purpurascens
- purple milkwort Polygala sanguinea
- purple pitcherplant Sarracenia purpurea
- purple rattlesnakeroot Prenanthes racemosa
- purplestem angelica Angelica atropurpurea
- queen of the prairie Filipendula rubra
- rabbit-tobacco Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- racemed milkwort Polygala polygama
- ramp Allium tricoccum
- rannoch-rush Scheuchzeria palustris
- red columbine Aquilegia canadensis
- redwhisker clammyweed Polanisia dodecandra
- ribseed sandmat Chamaesyce glyptosperma
- Richardson's alumroot Heuchera richardsonii
- Richardson's pondweed Potamogeton richardsonii
- Richardson's sedge Carex richardsonii
- richwoods sedge Carex oligocarpa
- rigid sedge Carex tetanica
- robin's plantain Erigeron pulchellus
- rock clubmoss Huperzia porophila
- rock harlequin Corydalis sempervirens
- rock polypody Polypodium virginianum
- rope dodder Cuscuta glomerata
- rose blackberry Rubus rosa
- rose mock vervain Glandularia canadensis
- rosy sedge Carex rosea
- rough barnyardgrass Echinochloa muricata
- rough false pennyroyal Hedeoma hispida
- rough hawkweed Hieracium scabrum
- rough rattlesnakeroot Prenanthes aspera
- roundstem false foxglove Agalinis gattingeri
- running clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
- running serviceberry Amelanchier stolonifera
- rusty woodsia Woodsia ilvensis
- sand bittercress Cardamine parviflora
- sand violet Viola affinis
- Sartwell's sedge Carex sartwellii
- scaldweed Cuscuta gronovii
- scarlet hawthorn Crataegus pedicellata
- scentbottle Platanthera dilatata
- Schweinitz's flatsedge Cyperus schweinitzii
- scrambled eggs Corydalis aurea
- seaside arrowgrass Triglochin maritima
- seaside threeawn Aristida tuberculosa
- Seneca snakeroot Polygala senega
- sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
- sessilefruit arrowhead Sagittaria rigida
- sessileleaf bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia
- sevenangle pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum
- shaved sedge Carex tonsa
- shining bedstraw Galium concinnum
- shining clubmoss Huperzia lucidula
- Short's aster Symphyotrichum shortii
- Short's rockcress Arabis shortii
- shortbeak sedge Carex brevior
- shortspike watermilfoil Myriophyllum sibiricum
- showy goldenrod Solidago speciosa
- showy lady's slipper Cypripedium reginae
- showy orchid Galearis spectabilis
- showy ticktrefoil Desmodium canadense
- shrubby fivefingers Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
- shy wallflower Erysimum inconspicuum
- sicklepod Arabis canadensis
- sidebells wintergreen Orthilia secunda
- silky dogwood Cornus obliqua
- silver false spleenwort Deparia acrostichoides
- sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora
- Skinner's false foxglove Agalinis skinneriana
- skyblue aster Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
- sleepy silene Silene antirrhina
- slender lipfern Cheilanthes feei
- slender wedgescale Sphenopholis intermedia
- slender yellow woodsorrel Oxalis dillenii
- slender yelloweyed grass Xyris torta
- slenderleaf false foxglove Agalinis tenuifolia
- slimflower muhly Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
- slimleaf panicgrass Dichanthelium linearifolium
- slimspike threeawn Aristida longespica
- small bur-reed Sparganium natans
- small green wood orchid Platanthera clavellata
- small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus
- small skullcap Scutellaria parvula
- smallflower false foxglove Agalinis paupercula
- smallflower fumewort Corydalis micrantha
- smartweed dodder Cuscuta polygonorum
- Smith's bulrush Schoenoplectiella smithii
- smooth cliffbrake Pellaea glabella
- smooth forked nailwort Paronychia canadensis
- smooth oxeye Heliopsis helianthoides
- smooth rockcress Arabis laevigata
- smooth rose Rosa blanda
- smooth Solomon's seal Polygonatum biflorum
- smoothsheath sedge Carex laevivaginata
- snakemouth orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides
- soft agrimony Agrimonia pubescens
- soft-hair marbleseed Onosmodium bejariense
- spinulose woodfern Dryopteris carthusiana
- spiral ditchgrass Ruppia cirrhosa
- spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia
- spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
- spotted geranium Geranium maculatum
- spotted sandmat Chamaesyce maculata
- spotted water hemlock Cicuta maculata
- spreading dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
- Sprengel's sedge Carex sprengelii
- spring forget-me-not Myosotis verna
- squirrel corn Dicentra canadensis
- Standley's goosefoot Chenopodium standleyanum
- starflower Trientalis borealis
- starry false lily of the valley Maianthemum stellatum
- Steele's dewberry Rubus steelei
- sticky tofieldia Triantha glutinosa
- stiff cowbane Oxypolis rigidior
- stiff sunflower Helianthus pauciflorus
- stiff tickseed Coreopsis palmata
- strict blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium montanum
- summer coralroot Corallorhiza maculata
- sundial lupine Lupinus perennis
- swamp lousewort Pedicularis lanceolata
- swamp thistle Cirsium muticum
- sweet coneflower Rudbeckia subtomentosa
- sweetscented joe pye weed Eutrochium purpureum
- tall blazing star Liatris aspera
- tall blue lettuce Lactuca biennis
- tall thistle Cirsium altissimum
- tall thoroughwort Eupatorium altissimum
- tarragon Artemisia dracunculus
- Tennessee bladderfern Cystopteris tennesseensis
- thin paspalum Paspalum setaceum
- thinleaf sedge Carex cephaloidea
- thinleaf sunflower Helianthus decapetalus
- tiny trumpet Collomia linearis
- tobacco root Valeriana edulis
- tower rockcress Arabis glabra
- trailing arbutus Epigaea repens
- tree groundpine Lycopodium dendroideum
- tuberous grasspink Calopogon tuberosus
- Tuckerman's sedge Carex tuckermanii
- tufted lovegrass Eragrostis pectinacea
- turion duckweed Lemna turionifera
- twinflower Linnaea borealis
- twinleaf Jeffersonia diphylla
- twistspine pricklypear Opuntia macrorhiza
- twoflower dwarfdandelion Krigia biflora
- twoleaf miterwort Mitella diphylla
- twoleaf watermilfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum
- umbrella flatsedge Cyperus diandrus
- upland boneset Eupatorium sessilifolium
- upland brittle bladderfern Cystopteris tenuis
- upright carrionflower Smilax ecirrhata
- variegated scouringrush Equisetum variegatum
- veiny dock Rumex venosus
- veiny pea Lathyrus venosus
- velvetleaf huckleberry Vaccinium myrtilloides
- vervain Verbena ×perriana
- violet lespedeza Lespedeza violacea
- violet woodsorrel Oxalis violacea
- Virginia groundcherry Physalis virginiana
- Virginia mountainmint Pycnanthemum virginianum
- Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
- Virginia plantain Plantago virginica
- Virginia springbeauty Claytonia virginica
- Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana
- Virginia tephrosia Tephrosia virginiana
- walking fern Asplenium rhizophyllum
- waterhorehound Lycopus ×sherardii
- watershield Brasenia schreberi
- wavyleaf thistle Cirsium undulatum
- waxflower shinleaf Pyrola elliptica
- waxyfruit hawthorn Crataegus pruinosa
- western blue virginsbower Clematis occidentalis
- western oakfern Gymnocarpium dryopteris
- western poison ivy Toxicodendron rydbergii
- western rockjasmine Androsace occidentalis
- western silver aster Symphyotrichum sericeum
- western tansymustard Descurainia pinnata
- western waterweed Elodea nuttallii
- whip nutrush Scleria triglomerata
- white bear sedge Carex albursina
- white blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium albidum
- white colicroot Aletris farinosa
- white fawnlily Erythronium albidum
- white heath aster Symphyotrichum ericoides
- white lady's slipper Cypripedium candidum
- white rattlesnakeroot Prenanthes alba
- white snakeroot Ageratina altissima
- white trillium Trillium grandiflorum
- white turtlehead Chelone glabra
- white vervain Verbena urticifolia
- white wand beardtongue Penstemon tubaeflorus
- wholeleaf rosinweed Silphium integrifolium
- whorl-leaf watermilfoil Myriophyllum verticillatum
- whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata
- whorled milkwort Polygala verticillata
- whorled yellow loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia
- widowsfrill Silene stellata
- Wiegand's wildrye Elymus wiegandii
- wild cucumber Echinocystis lobata
- wild quinine Parthenium integrifolium
- wild yam Dioscorea villosa
- willowleaf aster Symphyotrichum praealtum
- winged lythrum Lythrum alatum
- winged pigweed Cycloloma atriplicifolium
- witchgrass Panicum capillare
- woman's tobacco Antennaria plantaginifolia
- wood anemone Anemone quinquefolia
- wood lily Lilium philadelphicum
- woodbine Parthenocissus vitacea
- woodfern Dryopteris ×boottii
- woodfern Dryopteris ×triploidea
- woodfern Dryopteris ×uliginosa
- woodland strawberry Fragaria vesca
- woolly sedge Carex pellita
- woollyfruit sedge Carex lasiocarpa
- wormseed sandmat Chamaesyce vermiculata
- yellow avens Geum aleppicum
- yellow giant hyssop Agastache nepetoides
- yellow pimpernel Taenidia integerrima
- yellow widelip orchid Liparis loeselii
- yellowfruit sedge Carex annectens
- yellowseed false pimpernel Lindernia dubia
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.
- annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- common reedPhragmites australis
- hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
Compared with Wisconsin
The typical county is the median of the 71 Wisconsin 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 | Dane County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 998 | 653 | 1,568 |
| Garden-ready natives | 385 | 272 | 551 |
| Tree | 71 | — | 125 |
| Shrub | 57 | — | 102 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 563 | — | 853 |
| Grass or grass-like | 225 | — | 361 |
| Vine | 33 | — | 46 |
| Fern | 49 | — | 81 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Dane County.
- Columbia County, WI 351 garden-ready
- Green County, WI 272 garden-ready
- Iowa County, WI 313 garden-ready
- Jefferson County, WI 289 garden-ready
- Lafayette County, WI 208 garden-ready
- Rock County, WI 332 garden-ready
- Sauk County, WI 362 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
- Dane County (county FIPS 55025), Wisconsin. 998 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