Native range
Native plants of Delaware
46 wild species and 17 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Delaware, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 116 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
Showing 1 to 60 of 63 plants
How this list is made
Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Delaware is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 63 plants, 46 have been checked against outside sources (2 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
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Recorded across Delaware
How many of the state's 3 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in Delaware; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 41 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- Butterfly Weed
- Christmas Fern
- Cinnamon Fern
- Lady Fern
- Royal Fern
- Switchgrass
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Arrowwood
- Bald Cypress
- Black Chokeberry
- Blackhaw
- Cardinal Flower
- Carolina Rose
- Eastern Red Columbine
- Flowering Dogwood
- Little Bluestem
- Pennsylvania Sedge
- River Birch
- Sweetbay Magnolia
- American Elderberry
- Eastern Hemlock
- Eastern Redbud
- False Sunflower
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Honeylocust
- Maidenhair Fern
- Mountain Laurel
- New England Aster
- Ninebark
- Northern Sea Oats
- Red Maple
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
- Staghorn Sumac
- Sugar Maple
- Summersweet
- Trumpet Vine
- Tulip Tree
- Virginia Bluebells
- Wild Ginger
- Winterberry
Garden forms of Delaware natives
116 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in Delaware and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.
- Adams Elderberry
- Alba Gayfeather
- Alma Pötschke
- Amazing Grace
- Amber Jubilee
- Amethyst Falls Wisteria
- Annabelle
- Appalachian Red
- Aquavita Juniper
- Arctic Fire Red Twig Dogwood
- Arctic Fire Yellow Dogwood
- Athena Gold False Sunflower
- Autumn Colors
- Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
- Barbara Ann Climbing Hydrangea
- Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Berry Scape Aronia
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Blue Paradise
- Bobee Northern Bayberry
- Brandywine Viburnum
- Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel
- Bright Eyes
- Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
- Candy Stripe
- Carol Mountain Laurel
- Carousel Mountain Laurel
- Cherokee Brave
- Cherokee Chief
- Cherokee Princess
- Cherry Berries Wintergreen
- Cherry Brandy
- Claire Grace
- Cloud Nine
- Columnar White Pine
- Coppertina
- Coral Flame
- Crimson Trumpet
- David
- Denver Daisy
- Diabolo
- Drummond's Pink
- Dwarf White Pine
- Elf Mountain Laurel
- Emerald Blue
- Emerald Pink
- Falling Waters
- Flame Thrower
- Forest Pansy
- Gentsch White
- Goldilocks
- Goldsturm
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Henry's Garnet Sweetspire
- Hummingbird
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Jeana
- Jeddeloh Hemlock
- Laura
- Lavender Twist
- Little Devil
- Little Henry Sweetspire
- Luminary Ultraviolet
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Major Wheeler
- New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'
- New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'
- Nicky
- Northwind
- Nugget
- Orange Perfection
- Peve Minaret
- Pink Spire
- Prairie Sun
- Purple Beauty
- Purple Dome
- Purple Phlox
- Rainbow Pillar
- Red Sprite
- Red Wings
- River Mist
- Robert Poore
- Royal White Redbud
- Ruby Falls
- Ruby Spice
- Sarah Mountain Laurel
- Scarlet Flame
- Shawnee Brave
- Shenandoah
- Sixteen Candles
- Snow Flurry
- Starfire
- Summer Wine
- The Rising Sun
- Tiger Eyes Sumac
- Tiny Wine
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- Vanilla Spice
- Weeping Hemlock
- Weeping White Pine
- White Delight
- White Flame
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
Plant groups native to Delaware
17 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in Delaware; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
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