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Native plants of Alabama

1,758 species are recorded as native to Alabama in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 605 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 66 of the state’s 67 counties; the typical county has 253.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Alabama at a glance

Native species statewide
1,758 Of 3,119 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Alabama (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
605 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
253 Median native species per county; 146 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,758 native species)
Percent of the 1,758 native species in each growth type
Tree 11% (195)
Shrub 5% (81)
Wildflower (forb) 53% (923)
Grass or grass-like 23% (413)
Vine 4% (76)
Fern 4% (70)

Wildflowers: 923 · grasses and grass-like: 413 · trees: 195 · shrubs: 81 · vines: 76 · ferns: 70.

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

66 Alabama counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Autauga County 429 203 8b
Baldwin County 631 283 8b–9a
Barbour County 239 158 8b
Bibb County 521 217 8a–8b
Blount County 205 125 8a
Bullock County 182 123 8b
Butler County 206 136 8b
Calhoun County 348 191 8a
Chambers County 179 111 8a–8b
Chilton County 256 145 8a–8b
Choctaw County 235 156 8b
Clarke County 236 137 8b
Clay County 280 141 8a
Cleburne County 248 138 8a
Coffee County 158 115 8b
Colbert County 269 149 7b–8a
Conecuh County 343 177 8b
Coosa County 222 128 8a
Covington County 234 120 8b–9a
Crenshaw County 172 109 8b
Cullman County 289 141 7b–8a
Dale County 138 98 8b–9a
Dallas County 401 216 8b
DeKalb County 388 149 7b–8a
Elmore County 320 170 8b
Escambia County 247 151 8b–9a
Etowah County 246 136 8a
Fayette County 177 119 7b–8a
Franklin County 238 127 7b–8a
Geneva County 211 131 8b–9a
Greene County 414 203 8b
Hale County 519 223 8b
Henry County 176 118 8b–9a
Houston County 199 124 8b–9a
Jackson County 427 195 7b–8a
Jefferson County 289 134 8a–8b
Lamar County 158 105 7b–8a
Lauderdale County 253 148 7b–8a
Lawrence County 507 223 8a
Lee County 606 266 8a–8b
Limestone County 230 140 7b–8a
Lowndes County 296 160 8b
Macon County 307 167 8b
Madison County 407 184 7b–8a
Marengo County 234 147 8b
Marion County 181 102 7b
Marshall County 302 151 8a
Mobile County 829 344 8b–9b
Monroe County 253 136 8b
Montgomery County 333 183 8b
Morgan County 279 152 8a
Perry County 253 157 8b
Pickens County 253 133 8a–8b
Pike County 221 140 8b
Randolph County 208 110 8a
Russell County 237 146 8b
Shelby County 310 153 8a–8b
St. Clair County 246 134 8a
Sumter County 294 146 8b
Talladega County 265 148 8a
Tallapoosa County 258 137 8a
Tuscaloosa County 855 334 8a–8b
Walker County 239 132 8a
Washington County 234 138 8b
Wilcox County 399 224 8b
Winston County 269 135 7b–8a

1 county has no PLANTS county records in this build and no county list.

Garden-ready natives of Alabama

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

Tree 165

Shrub 53

Wildflower (forb) 182

Grass or grass-like 170

Vine 27

Fern 8

Also listed as native and introduced here 7

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
  • cayenne pepperCapsicum annuum
  • climbing false buckwheatPolygonum scandens
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • switchcaneArundinaria tecta

Look up a Alabama 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
Alabama: 1,758 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 66 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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