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Native plants by state
Each state page lists its native species, its county lists and its garden-ready plants.
Territories: Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands
All states and territories
| State | Native species | Garden-ready | County lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1,758 | 605 | 66 |
| Alaska | 503 | 294 | 24 |
| Arizona | 922 | 509 | 15 |
| Arkansas | 1,576 | 531 | 75 |
| California | 1,108 | 720 | 58 |
| Colorado | 1,119 | 585 | 63 |
| Connecticut | 1,511 | 542 | 0 |
| Delaware | 1,294 | 477 | 3 |
| District of Columbia | 908 | 345 | 1 |
| Florida | 1,282 | 493 | 67 |
| Georgia | 1,750 | 608 | 159 |
| Hawaii | 40 | 34 | 4 |
| Idaho | 975 | 591 | 44 |
| Illinois | 1,909 | 652 | 102 |
| Indiana | 1,773 | 601 | 92 |
| Iowa | 1,374 | 496 | 99 |
| Kansas | 1,264 | 447 | 105 |
| Kentucky | 1,719 | 568 | 120 |
| Louisiana | 1,420 | 520 | 64 |
| Maine | 1,278 | 510 | 16 |
| Maryland | 1,872 | 635 | 24 |
| Massachusetts | 1,556 | 564 | 14 |
| Michigan | 1,641 | 595 | 83 |
| Minnesota | 1,506 | 550 | 87 |
| Mississippi | 1,473 | 528 | 82 |
| Missouri | 1,678 | 558 | 114 |
| Montana | 1,086 | 606 | 56 |
| Nebraska | 1,131 | 452 | 93 |
| Nevada | 835 | 538 | 17 |
| New Hampshire | 1,274 | 488 | 10 |
| New Jersey | 1,683 | 585 | 21 |
| New Mexico | 1,103 | 570 | 33 |
| New York | 1,886 | 655 | 62 |
| North Carolina | 1,920 | 654 | 100 |
| North Dakota | 890 | 386 | 53 |
| Ohio | 1,740 | 594 | 88 |
| Oklahoma | 1,513 | 535 | 77 |
| Oregon | 1,058 | 683 | 36 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,854 | 634 | 67 |
| Rhode Island | 1,165 | 440 | 5 |
| South Carolina | 1,633 | 580 | 46 |
| South Dakota | 1,092 | 473 | 65 |
| Tennessee | 1,844 | 606 | 95 |
| Texas | 1,683 | 656 | 254 |
| Utah | 959 | 572 | 29 |
| Vermont | 1,321 | 484 | 14 |
| Virginia | 1,985 | 660 | 102 |
| Washington | 1,015 | 621 | 39 |
| West Virginia | 1,519 | 528 | 55 |
| Wisconsin | 1,568 | 551 | 71 |
| Wyoming | 1,060 | 576 | 23 |
| Puerto Rico | 253 | 141 | 74 |
| Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
- 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