Native range
Native plants of District of Columbia
41 wild species and 13 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in District of Columbia, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 85 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
54 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; District of Columbia 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 54 plants, 39 have been checked against outside sources (1 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 District of Columbia
How many of the state's 1 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in District of Columbia; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 39 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- American Elderberry
- Aromatic Aster
- Arrowwood
- Black Chokeberry
- Blackhaw
- Bottlebrush Grass
- Butterfly Weed
- Cardinal Flower
- Carolina Rose
- Christmas Fern
- Cinnamon Fern
- Eastern Redbud
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Flowering Dogwood
- Fragrant Sumac
- Garden Phlox
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Honeylocust
- Lady Fern
- Little Bluestem
- Maidenhair Fern
- New England Aster
- Ninebark
- Northern Sea Oats
- Ostrich Fern
- Red Maple
- River Birch
- Royal Fern
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
- Smooth Hydrangea
- Staghorn Sumac
- Sweetbay Magnolia
- Switchgrass
- Trumpet Vine
- Tulip Tree
- Virginia Bluebells
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Wild Ginger
- Winterberry
Garden forms of District of Columbia natives
85 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in District of Columbia 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
- Alma Pötschke
- Amber Jubilee
- Annabelle
- Appalachian Red
- Aquavita Juniper
- Autumn Colors
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Berry Scape Aronia
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Blue Paradise
- Brandywine Viburnum
- Bright Eyes
- Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
- Cherokee Brave
- Cherokee Chief
- Cherokee Princess
- Cherry Berries Wintergreen
- Cherry Brandy
- Claire Grace
- Cloud Nine
- Coppertina
- Coral Flame
- Crème Brûlée
- Crimson Trumpet
- David
- Denver Daisy
- Diabolo
- Flame Thrower
- Forest Pansy
- Goldilocks
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Henry's Garnet Sweetspire
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Jeana
- Laura
- Lavender Twist
- Little Devil
- Little Henry Sweetspire
- Luminary Ultraviolet
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Major Wheeler
- Moonbeam
- New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'
- New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'
- Nicky
- Northwind
- Nugget
- October Skies
- Orange Perfection
- Prairie Sun
- Purple Dome
- Purple Phlox
- Rainbow Pillar
- Raydon's Favorite
- Red Sprite
- River Mist
- Robert Poore
- Route 66
- Royal White Redbud
- Ruby Falls
- Shenandoah
- Sienna Sunset
- Snow Flurry
- Starfire
- Summer Wine
- The Rising Sun
- Tiger Eyes Sumac
- Tiny Wine
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- White Flame
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
- Zagreb
Plant groups native to District of Columbia
13 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in District of Columbia; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
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