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Native plants of South Dakota

1,092 species are recorded as native to South Dakota in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 473 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 65 of the state’s 66 counties; the typical county has 110.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

South Dakota at a glance

Native species statewide
1,092 Of 1,459 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to South Dakota (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
473 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
110 Median native species per county; 59 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,092 native species)
Percent of the 1,092 native species in each growth type
Tree 6% (61)
Shrub 6% (69)
Wildflower (forb) 59% (640)
Grass or grass-like 22% (243)
Vine 3% (34)
Fern 4% (45)

Wildflowers: 640 · grasses and grass-like: 243 · trees: 61 · shrubs: 69 · vines: 34 · ferns: 45.

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

65 South Dakota counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Aurora County 95 44 5a
Beadle County 121 66 4b
Bennett County 113 53 5a
Bon Homme County 115 62 5a
Brookings County 277 134 4b
Brown County 108 66 4a–4b
Brule County 144 71 5a
Buffalo County 94 52 4b
Butte County 131 64 4b
Campbell County 64 36 4b
Charles Mix County 171 82 5a–5b
Clark County 39 25 4b
Clay County 362 156 5a
Codington County 292 142 4b
Corson County 192 95 4a–4b
Custer County 465 217 5a–5b
Davison County 84 41 5a
Day County 282 143 4b
Deuel County 92 42 4b
Dewey County 106 59 4b
Douglas County 64 30 5a
Edmunds County 40 27 4b
Fall River County 322 164 4b–5a
Faulk County 94 54 4b
Grant County 91 43 4a–4b
Gregory County 195 90 5a
Haakon County 78 42 4b–5a
Hamlin County 56 30 4a–4b
Hand County 46 25 4b
Hanson County 77 34 5a
Harding County 346 161 4b
Hughes County 113 60 4b
Hutchinson County 104 44 5a
Hyde County 53 27 4b
Jackson County 158 75 5a
Jerauld County 68 32 5a
Jones County 58 37 5a
Kingsbury County 99 52 4b
Lake County 55 27 4b
Lawrence County 479 227 5a–5b
Lincoln County 266 118 5a
Lyman County 113 60 4b–5a
Marshall County 274 126 4a–4b
McCook County 63 32 5a
McPherson County 57 37 4b
Meade County 192 98 4b–5b
Mellette County 146 69 5a
Miner County 37 21 4b–5a
Minnehaha County 245 116 4b–5a
Moody County 36 24 4b
Pennington County 568 253 4b–5b
Perkins County 97 49 4b
Potter County 47 27 4b
Roberts County 345 160 4b
Sanborn County 93 49 4b–5a
Spink County 153 80 4a–4b
Stanley County 189 82 4b
Sully County 46 27 4b
Todd County 268 121 5a
Tripp County 110 51 5a
Turner County 74 35 5a
Union County 323 144 5a
Walworth County 128 69 4b
Yankton County 170 82 5a
Ziebach County 70 36 4b

1 county has no PLANTS county records in this build and no county list.

Garden-ready natives of South Dakota

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

Tree 52

Shrub 47

Wildflower (forb) 204

Grass or grass-like 152

Vine 9

Fern 9

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 South Dakota 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
South Dakota: 1,092 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 65 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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