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Native plants of Delaware

1,294 species are recorded as native to Delaware in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 477 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 3 of the state’s 3 counties; the typical county has 622.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Delaware at a glance

Native species statewide
1,294 Of 1,544 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Delaware (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
477 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
622 Median native species per county; 223 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,294 native species)
Percent of the 1,294 native species in each growth type
Tree 10% (125)
Shrub 5% (70)
Wildflower (forb) 51% (662)
Grass or grass-like 25% (324)
Vine 4% (52)
Fern 5% (61)

Wildflowers: 662 · grasses and grass-like: 324 · trees: 125 · shrubs: 70 · vines: 52 · ferns: 61.

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

3 Delaware counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Kent County 485 188 7b
New Castle County 965 381 7a–7b
Sussex County 622 223 7b–8a

Garden-ready natives of Delaware

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

Tree 109

Shrub 50

Wildflower (forb) 152

Grass or grass-like 137

Vine 20

Fern 9

Also listed as native and introduced here 4

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
  • climbing false buckwheatPolygonum scandens
  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis

Look up a Delaware 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
Delaware: 1,294 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 3 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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