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Native plants of Arkansas

1,576 species are recorded as native to Arkansas in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 531 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 75 of the state’s 75 counties; the typical county has 456.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Arkansas at a glance

Native species statewide
1,576 Of 2,228 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Arkansas (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
531 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
456 Median native species per county; 200 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,576 native species)
Percent of the 1,576 native species in each growth type
Tree 10% (159)
Shrub 3% (52)
Wildflower (forb) 54% (852)
Grass or grass-like 23% (370)
Vine 5% (81)
Fern 4% (62)

Wildflowers: 852 · grasses and grass-like: 370 · trees: 159 · shrubs: 52 · vines: 81 · ferns: 62.

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

75 Arkansas counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Arkansas County 498 236 8b
Ashley County 714 316 8b
Baxter County 609 234 7a–7b
Benton County 811 302 7a
Boone County 401 155 7a–7b
Bradley County 684 294 8a–8b
Calhoun County 349 171 8a
Carroll County 592 224 7a–7b
Chicot County 261 136 8b
Clark County 552 250 8a
Clay County 451 220 7b
Cleburne County 613 247 7b–8a
Cleveland County 358 179 8a
Columbia County 318 174 8b
Conway County 639 263 7b–8a
Craighead County 539 240 7b–8a
Crawford County 459 187 7b–8a
Crittenden County 371 196 8a
Cross County 340 168 8a
Dallas County 341 167 8a
Desha County 289 155 8b
Drew County 647 283 8b
Faulkner County 751 305 8a
Franklin County 777 297 7b–8a
Fulton County 477 210 7a–7b
Garland County 688 271 7b–8a
Grant County 372 186 8a
Greene County 392 200 7b
Hempstead County 611 281 8a–8b
Hot Spring County 581 236 8a
Howard County 456 207 8a
Independence County 626 244 7b–8a
Izard County 521 209 7a–7b
Jackson County 216 133 8a
Jefferson County 671 290 8a–8b
Johnson County 483 188 7b–8a
Lafayette County 248 152 8b
Lawrence County 431 194 7b–8a
Lee County 391 195 8a
Lincoln County 400 187 8b
Little River County 376 171 8a–8b
Logan County 663 246 8a
Lonoke County 363 183 8a–8b
Madison County 530 201 7a–7b
Marion County 626 233 7a–7b
Miller County 384 195 8b
Mississippi County 272 153 8a
Monroe County 271 147 8a–8b
Montgomery County 587 234 7b–8a
Nevada County 457 211 8a–8b
Newton County 686 247 7a–7b
Ouachita County 383 192 8a
Perry County 369 160 8a
Phillips County 300 172 8a–8b
Pike County 382 172 8a
Poinsett County 376 193 8a
Polk County 674 261 7b–8a
Pope County 724 277 7b–8a
Prairie County 374 183 8a–8b
Pulaski County 815 331 8a
Randolph County 439 199 7a–7b
Saline County 606 264 8a
Scott County 365 176 7b–8a
Searcy County 416 170 7a–7b
Sebastian County 416 166 7b–8a
Sevier County 363 171 8a
Sharp County 431 174 7a–7b
St. Francis County 573 274 8a
Stone County 712 244 7b
Union County 533 243 8a–8b
Van Buren County 370 171 7b
Washington County 881 329 7a–7b
White County 368 183 8a
Woodruff County 204 119 8a
Yell County 488 210 8a

Garden-ready natives of Arkansas

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

Tree 130

Shrub 32

Wildflower (forb) 174

Grass or grass-like 159

Vine 28

Fern 8

Also listed as native and introduced here 6

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
  • bride's feathersAruncus dioicus
  • climbing false buckwheatPolygonum scandens
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • Mexican teaDysphania ambrosioides
  • white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana

Look up a Arkansas 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.

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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
Arkansas: 1,576 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 75 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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