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Native plants of Virginia

1,985 species are recorded as native to Virginia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 660 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 102 of the state’s 133 counties; the typical county has 687.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Virginia at a glance

Native species statewide
1,985 Of 2,658 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Virginia (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
660 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
687 Median native species per county; 288 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,985 native species)
Percent of the 1,985 native species in each growth type
Tree 10% (198)
Shrub 5% (109)
Wildflower (forb) 52% (1,023)
Grass or grass-like 24% (483)
Vine 4% (80)
Fern 5% (92)

Wildflowers: 1,023 · grasses and grass-like: 483 · trees: 198 · shrubs: 109 · vines: 80 · ferns: 92.

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

102 Virginia counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Accomack County 706 313 8a
Albemarle County 926 369 7a–7b
Alleghany County 623 262 7a
Amelia County 717 286 7b
Amherst County 815 319 7b
Appomattox County 590 227 7b
Arlington County 667 291 7b–8a
Augusta County 1,015 397 6b–7a
Bath County 764 311 6b–7a
Bedford County 849 328 7b
Bland County 592 265 6b–7a
Botetourt County 755 299 7b
Brunswick County 711 295 7b–8a
Buchanan County 428 182 6b–7a
Buckingham County 685 283 7a–7b
Campbell County 708 275 7a–7b
Caroline County 730 308 7b
Carroll County 608 237 7a–7b
Charles City County 625 306 7b
Charlotte County 676 273 7b
Chesapeake city 694 327 8a
Chesterfield County 818 321 7b
Clarke County 647 281 7a
Craig County 629 259 7a
Culpeper County 680 282 7a
Cumberland County 637 268 7a–7b
Dickenson County 542 222 6b–7a
Dinwiddie County 745 290 7b
Essex County 543 265 7b
Fairfax County 1,110 425 7a–8a
Fauquier County 882 349 7a
Floyd County 608 238 7a
Fluvanna County 710 287 7a
Franklin County 577 237 7b
Frederick County 756 329 7a
Giles County 897 362 6b–7a
Gloucester County 725 313 8a
Goochland County 565 245 7a–7b
Grayson County 666 270 6b–7a
Greene County 658 268 7b
Greensville County 763 296 7b–8a
Halifax County 692 279 7b
Hampton city 477 237 8b
Hanover County 688 289 7a–7b
Henrico County 828 317 7b
Henry County 514 208 7b
Highland County 704 304 6a–6b
Isle of Wight County 782 338 8a–8b
James City County 905 374 7b–8a
King and Queen County 627 287 7b
King George County 656 307 7b
King William County 577 279 7b
Lancaster County 532 240 8a
Lee County 697 264 7a
Loudoun County 777 320 7a–7b
Louisa County 639 278 7a
Lunenburg County 639 256 7b
Madison County 707 296 6b–7a
Mathews County 536 258 8a
Mecklenburg County 710 284 7b–8a
Middlesex County 669 300 7b–8a
Montgomery County 830 335 7a–7b
Nelson County 800 318 7a–7b
New Kent County 719 306 7b
Newport News city 554 255 8a–8b
Norfolk city 0 0 8b
Northampton County 545 242 8a
Northumberland County 488 229 8a
Nottoway County 566 237 7b
Orange County 590 257 7a
Page County 834 335 7a
Patrick County 620 239 7a–7b
Pittsylvania County 835 312 7b
Portsmouth city 0 0 8a–8b
Powhatan County 667 278 7a
Prince Edward County 732 290 7b
Prince George County 742 316 7b
Prince William County 777 313 7a–7b
Pulaski County 672 266 7a
Rappahannock County 685 288 7a
Richmond County 499 240 7b–8a
Roanoke County 643 257 7a–7b
Rockbridge County 887 339 7a
Rockingham County 863 340 6a–7a
Russell County 633 260 7a
Scott County 719 293 7a–7b
Shenandoah County 940 369 6b–7a
Smyth County 722 298 7a
Southampton County 820 331 7b–8a
Spotsylvania County 661 287 7a–7b
Stafford County 668 301 7a–7b
Suffolk city 739 300 8a–8b
Surry County 791 342 7b–8a
Sussex County 875 331 7b
Tazewell County 595 262 6b–7a
Virginia Beach city 820 350 8a–8b
Warren County 732 305 7a
Washington County 740 311 7a
Westmoreland County 506 242 7b–8a
Wise County 581 237 7a
Wythe County 606 254 7a
York County 658 281 8a

31 counties have no PLANTS county records in this build and no county list.

Garden-ready natives of Virginia

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

Tree 162

Shrub 64

Wildflower (forb) 198

Grass or grass-like 201

Vine 24

Fern 11

Also listed as native and introduced here 10

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
  • bride's feathersAruncus dioicus
  • climbing false buckwheatPolygonum scandens
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • Mexican teaDysphania ambrosioides
  • switchcaneArundinaria tecta
  • wood bluegrassPoa nemoralis

Look up a Virginia 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.

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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
Virginia: 1,985 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 102 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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