Native range

Native plants of Pennsylvania

184 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Pennsylvania, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 163 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 180 of 202 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; Pennsylvania 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 202 plants, 188 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.

Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Full sunZones 5–91.5 ftLow
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Full sunZones 3–95 ftHigh
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
Part shadeZones 2–732 ftModerate
Common Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Full sunZones 4–935 ftModerate
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Full sunZones 4–915 ftModerate
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Northern Bayberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Full sunZones 3–77 ftModerate
Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Part shadeZones 4–95 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Redosier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Full sunZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate
Goatsbeard
Aruncus dioicus
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate
Creeping Woodland Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Full sunZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Long-Beaked Sedge
Carex sprengelii
Part shadeZones 3–72.5 ftModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full sunZones 5–94 ftHigh
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia macrophylla
Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Full sunZones 5–969 ftModerate
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Full sunZones 5–957 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Gray-Headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Kinnikinnick
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Full sunZones 3–78 inModerate
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Part sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate
Canby's Mountain Lover
Paxistima canbyi
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha
Full sunZones 3–91.5 ftLow
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate

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