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Native plants recorded in your state and county

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Native plants of Alaska

503 species are recorded as native to Alaska in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 294 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 24 of the state’s 30 counties; the typical county has 237.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Alaska at a glance

Native species statewide
503 Of 1,449 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Alaska (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
294 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
237 Median native species per county; 149 garden-ready
Share by type (all 503 native species)
Percent of the 503 native species in each growth type
Tree 8% (40)
Shrub 11% (55)
Wildflower (forb) 47% (234)
Grass or grass-like 26% (132)
Vine 2% (8)
Fern 7% (34)

Wildflowers: 234 · grasses and grass-like: 132 · trees: 40 · shrubs: 55 · vines: 8 · ferns: 34.

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.

Native plants by county

24 Alaska counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Aleutians East Borough 162 102 7a–8a
Aleutians West Census Area 138 90 6b–8b
Anchorage Municipality 304 189 5a–5b
Bethel Census Area 236 139 2b–5a
Bristol Bay Borough 57 44 4b
Chugach Census Area 336 202 5a–8a
Copper River Census Area 336 202 2b–4b
Denali Borough 288 168 2a–3b
Dillingham Census Area 214 132 4a–4b
Fairbanks North Star Borough 284 165 2a–3b
Haines Borough 227 147 5b–7a
Juneau City and Borough 186 123 6a–7a
Kenai Peninsula Borough 307 190 4b–6b
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 149 96 7b
Kodiak Island Borough 242 152 7a–7b
Lake and Peninsula Borough 267 159 4a–6b
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 323 199 3b–5a
Nome Census Area 204 118 3a–4b
North Slope Borough 175 112 2a–3a
Northwest Arctic Borough 233 139 1b–3a
Sitka City and Borough 159 105 7b
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 301 180 1b–3b
Yakutat City and Borough 238 151 6b
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 323 188 1a–3b

6 counties have no PLANTS county records in this build and no county list.

Garden-ready natives of Alaska

Statewide list. A species native somewhere in Alaska may not be native in your county: use the county lists above to narrow it.

Tree 37

Shrub 45

Wildflower (forb) 111

Grass or grass-like 88

Vine 5

Fern 8

Also listed as native and introduced here 5

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.

Look up a Alaska ZIP

Matches your ZIP to the county it mostly lies in, then lists the plants recorded as native to your state (Kew’s World Checklist and USDA PLANTS) and recorded in that county by USDA PLANTS.

Territories: Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands

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
Alaska: 503 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 24 counties.
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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