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Native plants of Ohio

1,740 species are recorded as native to Ohio in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 594 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 88 of the state’s 88 counties; the typical county has 559.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Ohio at a glance

Native species statewide
1,740 Of 2,032 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Ohio (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
594 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
559 Median native species per county; 241 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,740 native species)
Percent of the 1,740 native species in each growth type
Tree 9% (160)
Shrub 5% (94)
Wildflower (forb) 54% (939)
Grass or grass-like 23% (400)
Vine 4% (62)
Fern 5% (85)

Wildflowers: 939 · grasses and grass-like: 400 · trees: 160 · shrubs: 94 · vines: 62 · ferns: 85.

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

88 Ohio counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Adams County 758 271 6b
Allen County 248 136 6a
Ashland County 603 276 6a
Ashtabula County 847 356 6a–6b
Athens County 676 266 6a–6b
Auglaize County 565 265 6a
Belmont County 557 236 6b
Brown County 374 185 6b
Butler County 477 201 6a–6b
Carroll County 584 272 6a–6b
Champaign County 601 271 6a
Clark County 484 199 6a–6b
Clermont County 517 216 6b–7a
Clinton County 578 257 6b
Columbiana County 665 295 6a–6b
Coshocton County 649 274 6a–6b
Crawford County 410 204 6a
Cuyahoga County 849 365 6a–7a
Darke County 358 178 6a
Defiance County 415 203 6a
Delaware County 447 202 6a–6b
Erie County 914 368 6b–7a
Fairfield County 772 312 6a–6b
Fayette County 272 142 6a–6b
Franklin County 789 318 6a–6b
Fulton County 409 189 6a
Gallia County 610 256 6b–7a
Geauga County 768 343 6a
Greene County 444 197 6a–6b
Guernsey County 467 226 6b
Hamilton County 679 268 6b
Hancock County 284 161 6a–6b
Hardin County 276 147 6a
Harrison County 498 230 6b
Henry County 382 188 6a
Highland County 721 276 6b
Hocking County 713 292 6a–6b
Holmes County 616 261 6a
Huron County 552 253 6a–6b
Jackson County 882 336 6b
Jefferson County 652 280 6b–7a
Knox County 622 280 6a
Lake County 883 377 6b–7a
Lawrence County 658 269 7a
Licking County 728 310 6a
Logan County 406 214 6a
Lorain County 838 360 6a–7a
Lucas County 753 317 6a–6b
Madison County 407 196 6a–6b
Mahoning County 561 260 6a–6b
Marion County 329 174 6a
Medina County 560 267 6a–6b
Meigs County 574 231 6b
Mercer County 266 157 6a
Miami County 343 153 6a
Monroe County 445 197 6b
Montgomery County 427 184 6a–6b
Morgan County 472 202 6b
Morrow County 371 192 6a
Muskingum County 518 234 6a–6b
Noble County 383 187 6b
Ottawa County 574 251 6b–7a
Paulding County 255 148 6a
Perry County 551 243 6a
Pickaway County 560 238 6b
Pike County 632 250 6b
Portage County 877 369 6a–6b
Preble County 280 137 6a
Putnam County 254 134 6a
Richland County 539 255 6a
Ross County 817 319 6b
Sandusky County 445 217 6a–6b
Scioto County 721 285 6b–7a
Seneca County 376 197 6a–6b
Shelby County 275 151 6a
Stark County 767 343 6a–6b
Summit County 859 365 6a–6b
Trumbull County 673 313 6a
Tuscarawas County 617 275 6a–6b
Union County 278 145 6a
Van Wert County 278 148 6a
Vinton County 656 264 6b
Warren County 381 173 6b
Washington County 580 222 6b
Wayne County 725 315 6a–6b
Williams County 411 216 6a
Wood County 531 232 6a–6b
Wyandot County 422 210 6a

Garden-ready natives of Ohio

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

Tree 126

Shrub 51

Wildflower (forb) 203

Grass or grass-like 181

Vine 22

Fern 11

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.

  • American red raspberryRubus idaeus
  • annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
  • climbing false buckwheatPolygonum scandens
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
  • white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
  • wood bluegrassPoa nemoralis

Look up a Ohio 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
Ohio: 1,740 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 88 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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