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Native plants of Utah

959 species are recorded as native to Utah in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 572 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 29 of the state’s 29 counties; the typical county has 434.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Utah at a glance

Native species statewide
959 Of 3,009 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Utah (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
572 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
434 Median native species per county; 290 garden-ready
Share by type (all 959 native species)
Percent of the 959 native species in each growth type
Tree 6% (58)
Shrub 11% (102)
Wildflower (forb) 55% (524)
Grass or grass-like 24% (228)
Vine 2% (16)
Fern 3% (31)

Wildflowers: 524 · grasses and grass-like: 228 · trees: 58 · shrubs: 102 · vines: 16 · ferns: 31.

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

29 Utah counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Beaver County 416 282 6a
Box Elder County 434 303 6a–7a
Cache County 526 339 5b–6a
Carbon County 318 214 6a–6b
Daggett County 484 314 5b
Davis County 298 197 6b–7b
Duchesne County 559 353 5a–6a
Emery County 417 274 6a–6b
Garfield County 516 324 6a–7a
Grand County 464 296 6b–7a
Iron County 378 250 5b–7a
Juab County 438 292 6a–6b
Kane County 444 279 6a–7a
Millard County 385 245 5b–6b
Morgan County 220 161 6a
Piute County 381 250 5b–6a
Rich County 317 220 4a–5b
Salt Lake County 572 358 6a–7b
San Juan County 553 341 6b–8a
Sanpete County 409 283 5b–6b
Sevier County 471 307 6a
Summit County 468 308 5a–6a
Tooele County 383 254 6a–7a
Uintah County 594 365 5b–6a
Utah County 581 370 6a–7a
Wasatch County 427 290 6a
Washington County 531 333 6b–8b
Wayne County 376 240 6a–7a
Weber County 330 215 6a–7a

Garden-ready natives of Utah

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

Tree 53

Shrub 90

Wildflower (forb) 253

Grass or grass-like 164

Vine 6

Fern 6

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.

Look up a Utah 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
Utah: 959 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 29 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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