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Native plants of Vermont

1,321 species are recorded as native to Vermont in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 484 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 14 of the state’s 14 counties; the typical county has 567.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Vermont at a glance

Native species statewide
1,321 Of 1,679 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Vermont (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
484 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
567 Median native species per county; 254 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,321 native species)
Percent of the 1,321 native species in each growth type
Tree 9% (123)
Shrub 7% (95)
Wildflower (forb) 51% (670)
Grass or grass-like 24% (318)
Vine 2% (31)
Fern 6% (84)

Wildflowers: 670 · grasses and grass-like: 318 · trees: 123 · shrubs: 95 · vines: 31 · ferns: 84.

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

14 Vermont counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Addison County 859 362 5a
Bennington County 741 298 5a–5b
Caledonia County 512 221 4b
Chittenden County 917 380 5a–5b
Essex County 517 236 4a–4b
Franklin County 497 226 4b–5a
Grand Isle County 354 167 5a–5b
Lamoille County 479 232 4b–5a
Orange County 542 236 4b–5a
Orleans County 592 272 4a–5a
Rutland County 897 361 5a–5b
Washington County 471 219 4b–5a
Windham County 837 344 5a–5b
Windsor County 751 311 5a–5b

Garden-ready natives of Vermont

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

Tree 98

Shrub 58

Wildflower (forb) 163

Grass or grass-like 145

Vine 10

Fern 10

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 Vermont 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
Vermont: 1,321 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 14 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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