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Native plants of Nevada

835 species are recorded as native to Nevada in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 538 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 17 of the state’s 17 counties; the typical county has 298.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Nevada at a glance

Native species statewide
835 Of 2,876 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Nevada (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
538 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
298 Median native species per county; 210 garden-ready
Share by type (all 835 native species)
Percent of the 835 native species in each growth type
Tree 7% (60)
Shrub 12% (97)
Wildflower (forb) 55% (459)
Grass or grass-like 22% (181)
Vine 2% (13)
Fern 3% (25)

Wildflowers: 459 · grasses and grass-like: 181 · trees: 60 · shrubs: 97 · vines: 13 · ferns: 25.

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

17 Nevada counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Carson City 298 221 7a–7b
Churchill County 236 160 7a
Clark County 348 210 8a–9b
Douglas County 317 228 6b–7b
Elko County 576 384 5a–6b
Esmeralda County 216 147 7a–7b
Eureka County 228 168 5b–6a
Humboldt County 403 280 6a–6b
Lander County 317 218 6b
Lincoln County 295 198 6b–8b
Lyon County 246 175 6b–7b
Mineral County 274 188 7a
Nye County 471 323 6a–8b
Pershing County 181 126 6b
Storey County 165 126 7a–7b
Washoe County 536 376 6b–7b
White Pine County 358 246 5a–6b

Garden-ready natives of Nevada

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

Tree 58

Shrub 88

Wildflower (forb) 246

Grass or grass-like 135

Vine 6

Fern 5

Also listed as native and introduced here 5

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 Nevada 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
Nevada: 835 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 17 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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