Native range

Native plants of South Carolina

179 wild species and 20 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in South Carolina, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 140 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 180 of 199 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; South 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 199 plants, 183 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.

Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Part shadeZones 5–912 inLow
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftHigh
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Full sunZones 3–939 ftModerate
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
Full sunZones 3–76.5 ftModerate
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Eastern Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
Part shadeZones 3–720 ftModerate
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate
Creeping Woodland Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Foliage
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Goatsbeard
Aruncus dioicus
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftModerate
Foliage
Hay Scented Fern
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Part shadeZones 3–82 ftModerate
Large Fothergilla
Fothergilla major
Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
Allegheny Spurge
Pachysandra procumbens
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
Part shadeZones 5–810 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia macrophylla
Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Tropical Sage
Salvia coccinea
Full sunZones 8–102.5 ftModerate
Wild Bee Balm
Monarda fistulosa
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Full sunZones 2–957 ftModerate
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Splitbeard Bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
Full sunZones 6–103 ftLow
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow

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