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Native plants of Hawaii

40 species are recorded as native to Hawaii in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 34 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 4 of the state’s 5 counties; the typical county has 29.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Hawaii at a glance

Native species statewide
40 Of 1,238 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Hawaii (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
34 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
29 Median native species per county; 26 garden-ready
Share by type (all 40 native species)
Percent of the 40 native species in each growth type
Tree 28% (11)
Shrub 18% (7)
Wildflower (forb) 18% (7)
Grass or grass-like 20% (8)
Vine 3% (1)
Fern 15% (6)

Wildflowers: 7 · grasses and grass-like: 8 · trees: 11 · shrubs: 7 · vines: 1 · ferns: 6.

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

4 Hawaii counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Hawaii County 26 25 10b–12b
Honolulu County 28 26 12a–13a
Kauai County 29 26 12a–12b
Maui County 30 28 11b–12b

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

Garden-ready natives of Hawaii

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

Tree 11

Shrub 7

Wildflower (forb) 5

Grass or grass-like 7

Vine 1

Fern 3

Look up a Hawaii 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
Hawaii: 40 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 4 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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