Native range

Native plants of Nebraska

117 wild species and 17 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Nebraska, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 74 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 134 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; Nebraska 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 134 plants, 121 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.

Gray-Headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Full sunZones 3–863 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Full sunZones 4–910 ftModerate
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White-Tinged Sedge
Carex albicans
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Part sunZones 4–920 ftModerate
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Nannyberry Viburnum
Viburnum lentago
Full sunZones 3–716 ftModerate
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides
Full sunZones 1–645 ftModerate
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Foxglove Penstemon
Penstemon cobaea
Full sunZones 5–81.5 ftLow
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
Full sunZones 5–108.5 ftLow
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
Common Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Full sunZones 3–74.5 ftModerate
Creeping Oregon Grape
Berberis repens
Part shadeZones 5–812 inModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
Full sunZones 4–95 ftLow
Anise Hyssop
Agastache
Full sunZones 5–93 ftLow
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Soft Rush
Juncus effusus
Full sunZones 4–93 ftHigh
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Part shadeZones 5–912 inLow
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Common Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Full sunZones 4–935 ftModerate
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow

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