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Native plants of New York

1,886 species are recorded as native to New York in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 655 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 62 of the state’s 62 counties; the typical county has 699.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

New York at a glance

Native species statewide
1,886 Of 2,441 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to New York (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
655 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
699 Median native species per county; 299 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,886 native species)
Percent of the 1,886 native species in each growth type
Tree 9% (171)
Shrub 6% (120)
Wildflower (forb) 51% (970)
Grass or grass-like 25% (472)
Vine 3% (56)
Fern 5% (97)

Wildflowers: 970 · grasses and grass-like: 472 · trees: 171 · shrubs: 120 · vines: 56 · ferns: 97.

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

62 New York counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Albany County 1,060 417 5b–6a
Allegany County 385 172 5b–6a
Bronx County 1,077 434 7b
Broome County 274 127 5b–6a
Cattaraugus County 917 382 5b–6a
Cayuga County 648 265 5b–6b
Chautauqua County 530 253 5b–7a
Chemung County 765 310 5b–6a
Chenango County 548 212 5b
Clinton County 566 250 4b–5a
Columbia County 1,006 419 5b–6a
Cortland County 345 137 5b
Delaware County 699 303 5a–5b
Dutchess County 951 385 6a–6b
Erie County 987 410 5b–6b
Essex County 854 345 4a–5a
Franklin County 390 172 4a–5a
Fulton County 358 149 5a–5b
Genesee County 612 266 6a–6b
Greene County 635 255 5b–6a
Hamilton County 537 237 4a–5a
Herkimer County 615 233 4a–5b
Jefferson County 788 331 4b–5b
Kings County 828 353 7b
Lewis County 586 255 4b
Livingston County 489 204 6a–6b
Madison County 815 341 5b
Monroe County 943 390 6a–6b
Montgomery County 221 80 5b
Nassau County 1,154 452 7b
New York County 699 294 7b
Niagara County 537 235 6b
Oneida County 983 401 4b–5b
Onondaga County 971 401 5b–6a
Ontario County 669 293 6a–6b
Orange County 1,158 462 6b–7a
Orleans County 194 101 6b
Oswego County 800 352 4b–6a
Otsego County 401 165 5b
Putnam County 815 365 6b
Queens County 1,074 434 7b
Rensselaer County 912 367 5b–6a
Richmond County 1,117 449 7b
Rockland County 1,017 422 6b–7a
Saratoga County 801 319 5a–6a
Schenectady County 606 242 5b–6a
Schoharie County 357 153 5b
Schuyler County 359 145 6a
Seneca County 388 156 6a–6b
St. Lawrence County 803 324 4a–5a
Steuben County 412 179 5b–6a
Suffolk County 1,352 513 7a–7b
Sullivan County 547 231 5b–6b
Tioga County 516 215 5b–6a
Tompkins County 905 379 5b–6a
Ulster County 1,088 428 5b–6b
Warren County 888 348 4b–5a
Washington County 965 381 5a–5b
Wayne County 499 216 6a–6b
Westchester County 1,255 496 6b–7b
Wyoming County 313 122 5b–6a
Yates County 503 209 6a–6b

Garden-ready natives of New York

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

Tree 135

Shrub 70

Wildflower (forb) 216

Grass or grass-like 205

Vine 18

Fern 11

Also listed as native and introduced here 13

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.

  • American red raspberryRubus idaeus
  • annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
  • claspleaf twistedstalkStreptopus amplexifolius
  • climbing false buckwheatPolygonum scandens
  • common pepperweedLepidium densiflorum
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • Robert geraniumGeranium robertianum
  • shortstalk false bindweedCalystegia silvatica
  • switchcaneArundinaria tecta
  • white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
  • wood bluegrassPoa nemoralis

Look up a New York 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
New York: 1,886 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 62 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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