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Native plants of Indiana

1,773 species are recorded as native to Indiana in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 601 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 92 of the state’s 92 counties; the typical county has 494.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Indiana at a glance

Native species statewide
1,773 Of 2,038 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Indiana (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
601 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
494 Median native species per county; 211 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,773 native species)
Percent of the 1,773 native species in each growth type
Tree 9% (164)
Shrub 5% (88)
Wildflower (forb) 54% (954)
Grass or grass-like 23% (416)
Vine 4% (74)
Fern 4% (77)

Wildflowers: 954 · grasses and grass-like: 416 · trees: 164 · shrubs: 88 · vines: 74 · ferns: 77.

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

92 Indiana counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Adams County 255 122 6a
Allen County 563 253 6a
Bartholomew County 336 156 6b
Benton County 188 81 5b–6a
Blackford County 335 165 6a
Boone County 218 110 6a
Brown County 488 211 6a–6b
Carroll County 419 183 6a
Cass County 709 282 6a
Clark County 708 262 6b–7a
Clay County 390 192 6a
Clinton County 246 116 6a
Crawford County 711 257 6b
Daviess County 547 225 6b
Dearborn County 306 125 6b
Decatur County 369 177 6a–6b
DeKalb County 385 180 6a
Delaware County 403 176 6a
Dubois County 379 187 6b–7a
Elkhart County 663 284 6a
Fayette County 273 106 6a
Floyd County 577 231 6b–7a
Fountain County 715 297 6a
Franklin County 463 188 6a–6b
Fulton County 497 223 6a
Gibson County 490 240 6b–7a
Grant County 357 174 6a
Greene County 517 221 6a–6b
Hamilton County 424 194 6a
Hancock County 274 149 6a
Harrison County 787 285 6b–7a
Hendricks County 302 145 6a–6b
Henry County 465 217 6a
Howard County 562 258 6a
Huntington County 498 227 6a
Jackson County 599 264 6b
Jasper County 674 264 5b–6a
Jay County 274 140 6a
Jefferson County 824 324 6b
Jennings County 520 227 6b
Johnson County 270 126 6a–6b
Knox County 644 285 6b
Kosciusko County 694 303 6a
LaGrange County 758 312 6a
Lake County 866 350 5b–6a
LaPorte County 817 328 5b–6a
Lawrence County 797 324 6b
Madison County 462 206 6a
Marion County 560 254 6a–6b
Marshall County 562 246 6a
Martin County 416 171 6b
Miami County 408 187 6a
Monroe County 683 280 6a–6b
Montgomery County 703 308 5b–6a
Morgan County 450 187 6a
Newton County 666 274 5b–6a
Noble County 731 311 6a
Ohio County 149 50 6b
Orange County 373 143 6b
Owen County 479 207 6a
Parke County 558 226 6a
Perry County 577 211 6b–7a
Pike County 265 129 6b–7a
Porter County 957 391 5b–6a
Posey County 673 295 7a
Pulaski County 455 192 5b–6a
Putnam County 630 264 6a
Randolph County 404 182 6a
Ripley County 437 188 6a–6b
Rush County 225 97 6a
Scott County 253 111 6b
Shelby County 279 144 6a–6b
Spencer County 547 240 6b–7a
St. Joseph County 847 336 6a
Starke County 572 248 5b
Steuben County 803 331 6a
Sullivan County 548 249 6a–6b
Switzerland County 339 169 6b
Tippecanoe County 715 287 6a
Tipton County 275 128 6a
Union County 216 94 6a
Vanderburgh County 317 145 7a
Vermillion County 410 166 6a
Vigo County 604 269 6a–6b
Wabash County 354 163 6a
Warren County 520 212 6a
Warrick County 393 185 7a
Washington County 513 201 6b
Wayne County 537 233 6a
Wells County 621 286 6a
White County 500 211 5b–6a
Whitley County 443 203 6a

Garden-ready natives of Indiana

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

Tree 133

Shrub 49

Wildflower (forb) 209

Grass or grass-like 176

Vine 25

Fern 9

Also listed as native and introduced here 8

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
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • Robert geraniumGeranium robertianum
  • white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
  • wood bluegrassPoa nemoralis

Look up a Indiana 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
Indiana: 1,773 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 92 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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