Native range

Native plants of North Carolina

76 wild species and 20 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in North Carolina, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 156 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 96 of 96 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; North Carolina 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 96 plants, 74 have been checked against outside sources (6 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.

Large Fothergilla
Fothergilla major
Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Full sunZones 7–1059 ftModerate
Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Canby's Mountain Lover
Paxistima canbyi
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh
Foam Flower
Tiarella
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Bluestar
Amsonia
Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow

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