Native range

Native plants of Maryland

189 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Maryland, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 160 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 180 of 208 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; Maryland 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 208 plants, 193 have been checked against outside sources (5 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.

Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
Heartleaf Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Full sunZones 4–86 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Lavender Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Part shadeZones 3–84.5 ftModerate
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Peach Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Pinxterbloom Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Part shadeZones 4–95.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Purple Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Red Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Part shadeZones 4–88.5 ftModerate
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
Full sunZones 3–912 ftModerate
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Part shadeZones 4–99.5 ftModerate
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Full sunZones 4–96 ftModerate
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Full sunZones 5–969 ftModerate
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Full sunZones 2–1112 inModerate
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs

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