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Native plants of Nebraska

1,131 species are recorded as native to Nebraska in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 452 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 93 of the state’s 93 counties; the typical county has 169.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Nebraska at a glance

Native species statewide
1,131 Of 1,481 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Nebraska (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
452 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
169 Median native species per county; 81 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,131 native species)
Percent of the 1,131 native species in each growth type
Tree 6% (68)
Shrub 4% (48)
Wildflower (forb) 61% (687)
Grass or grass-like 22% (253)
Vine 4% (46)
Fern 3% (29)

Wildflowers: 687 · grasses and grass-like: 253 · trees: 68 · shrubs: 48 · vines: 46 · ferns: 29.

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

93 Nebraska counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Adams County 120 59 5b–6a
Antelope County 218 91 5a–5b
Arthur County 91 49 5b
Banner County 169 85 5a
Blaine County 109 59 5a
Boone County 65 27 5b
Box Butte County 224 99 5a
Boyd County 151 67 5a
Brown County 406 198 5a–5b
Buffalo County 320 154 5b
Burt County 114 56 5b
Butler County 143 72 5b
Cass County 442 189 5b–6a
Cedar County 161 77 5a–5b
Chase County 153 74 5b
Cherry County 560 256 5a–5b
Cheyenne County 146 68 5b
Clay County 73 31 6a
Colfax County 83 52 5b
Cuming County 368 165 5a–5b
Custer County 284 134 5a–5b
Dakota County 113 50 5a
Dawes County 416 197 5a
Dawson County 173 83 5b
Deuel County 135 58 5b
Dixon County 194 82 5a
Dodge County 368 174 5b
Douglas County 465 199 5b–6a
Dundy County 191 92 5b
Fillmore County 79 34 5b–6a
Franklin County 249 102 6a
Frontier County 88 47 5b
Furnas County 137 62 5b–6a
Gage County 167 76 6a
Garden County 272 143 5a–5b
Garfield County 109 60 5a
Gosper County 77 30 5b
Grant County 148 86 5a
Greeley County 192 94 5a–5b
Hall County 359 164 5b
Hamilton County 119 55 5b
Harlan County 164 81 6a
Hayes County 71 38 5b
Hitchcock County 143 70 5b–6a
Holt County 378 177 5a–5b
Hooker County 199 105 5b
Howard County 241 106 5b
Jefferson County 201 81 6a
Johnson County 128 62 5b–6a
Kearney County 346 153 5b
Keith County 199 105 5b
Keya Paha County 188 90 5a
Kimball County 148 68 5a–5b
Knox County 191 86 5a–5b
Lancaster County 504 213 5b–6a
Lincoln County 288 139 5b
Logan County 118 54 5b
Loup County 113 55 5a
Madison County 86 36 5b
McPherson County 75 29 5b
Merrick County 179 89 5b
Morrill County 181 88 5a–5b
Nance County 124 61 5b
Nemaha County 246 124 5b
Nuckolls County 122 54 5b–6a
Otoe County 384 168 5b–6a
Pawnee County 195 92 6a
Perkins County 80 31 5b
Phelps County 152 70 5b–6a
Pierce County 51 24 5a–5b
Platte County 180 79 5b
Polk County 95 50 5b
Red Willow County 157 67 5b–6a
Richardson County 570 240 6a
Rock County 198 94 5a
Saline County 109 58 6a
Sarpy County 441 198 5b–6a
Saunders County 307 143 5b
Scotts Bluff County 224 112 5a–5b
Seward County 187 91 5b–6a
Sheridan County 372 170 5a
Sherman County 177 88 5b
Sioux County 355 169 5a
Stanton County 137 71 5b
Thayer County 114 47 6a
Thomas County 365 174 5b
Thurston County 76 37 5a
Valley County 112 64 5a–5b
Washington County 247 114 5b–6a
Wayne County 35 12 5a–5b
Webster County 362 164 5b–6a
Wheeler County 150 76 5a
York County 97 45 5b

Garden-ready natives of Nebraska

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

Tree 59

Shrub 31

Wildflower (forb) 199

Grass or grass-like 141

Vine 16

Fern 6

Also listed as native and introduced here 3

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 Nebraska 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
Nebraska: 1,131 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 93 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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