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Native plants of Minnesota

1,506 species are recorded as native to Minnesota in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 550 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 87 of the state’s 87 counties; the typical county has 435.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Minnesota at a glance

Native species statewide
1,506 Of 1,872 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Minnesota (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
550 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
435 Median native species per county; 193 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,506 native species)
Percent of the 1,506 native species in each growth type
Tree 7% (105)
Shrub 6% (96)
Wildflower (forb) 55% (824)
Grass or grass-like 24% (361)
Vine 3% (43)
Fern 5% (77)

Wildflowers: 824 · grasses and grass-like: 361 · trees: 105 · shrubs: 96 · vines: 43 · 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

87 Minnesota counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Aitkin County 589 265 4a
Anoka County 689 303 4b–5a
Becker County 571 266 3b–4a
Beltrami County 509 240 3b
Benton County 370 163 4a–4b
Big Stone County 377 171 4b
Blue Earth County 610 261 5a
Brown County 330 148 5a
Carlton County 486 219 4a–4b
Carver County 316 147 4b–5a
Cass County 674 300 3b–4a
Chippewa County 421 187 4b
Chisago County 657 290 4a–4b
Clay County 639 283 4a
Clearwater County 673 298 3b
Cook County 569 243 3b–4b
Cottonwood County 262 106 5a
Crow Wing County 586 276 4a
Dakota County 632 254 4b–5a
Dodge County 260 112 4b–5a
Douglas County 408 190 4a–4b
Faribault County 230 107 4b–5a
Fillmore County 606 229 4b
Freeborn County 249 119 4b–5a
Goodhue County 667 275 4b
Grant County 141 58 4a–4b
Hennepin County 789 322 4b–5a
Houston County 760 305 5a
Hubbard County 503 223 3b–4a
Isanti County 510 232 4b
Itasca County 611 266 3b–4a
Jackson County 353 153 5a
Kanabec County 348 170 4a–4b
Kandiyohi County 416 192 4b
Kittson County 569 265 3b–4a
Koochiching County 458 213 3a–3b
Lac qui Parle County 391 173 4b
Lake County 610 260 3b–4b
Lake of the Woods County 558 267 3b
Le Sueur County 354 172 4b–5a
Lincoln County 378 175 4b–5a
Lyon County 315 156 5a
Mahnomen County 389 190 3b–4a
Marshall County 360 184 3b–4a
Martin County 282 129 5a
McLeod County 270 127 4b
Meeker County 254 119 4b
Mille Lacs County 451 206 4a–4b
Morrison County 629 282 4a–4b
Mower County 435 193 4b–5a
Murray County 256 116 5a
Nicollet County 327 137 4b–5a
Nobles County 233 99 4b–5a
Norman County 518 232 4a
Olmsted County 393 148 4b
Otter Tail County 523 252 4a
Pennington County 242 137 3b–4a
Pine County 693 304 4a
Pipestone County 440 197 4b
Polk County 580 250 3b–4a
Pope County 487 223 4b
Ramsey County 648 274 5a
Red Lake County 268 123 3b
Redwood County 300 136 4b–5a
Renville County 234 83 4b
Rice County 456 197 4b
Rock County 221 83 4b–5a
Roseau County 492 233 3b
Scott County 522 209 4b–5a
Sherburne County 539 247 4b
Sibley County 110 55 4b
St. Louis County 839 360 3a–5a
Stearns County 625 272 4a–4b
Steele County 307 140 4b–5a
Stevens County 144 76 4b
Swift County 214 95 4b
Todd County 337 157 4a–4b
Traverse County 299 154 4a–4b
Wabasha County 666 272 4b
Wadena County 192 86 4a
Waseca County 294 138 4b–5a
Washington County 809 337 4b–5a
Watonwan County 106 49 5a
Wilkin County 351 173 4a
Winona County 735 288 4b–5a
Wright County 586 268 4b
Yellow Medicine County 279 129 4b–5a

Garden-ready natives of Minnesota

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

Tree 87

Shrub 59

Wildflower (forb) 209

Grass or grass-like 175

Vine 10

Fern 10

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.

Look up a Minnesota 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
Minnesota: 1,506 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 87 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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