Native range

Native plants of South Dakota

105 wild species and 16 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in South Dakota, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 70 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 61 to 120 of 121 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 Dakota 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 121 plants, 107 have been checked against outside sources; 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.

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Honeylocust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa
Full sunZones 2–73 ftLow
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Foliage
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Foliage
Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Part shadeZones 3–82.5 ftModerate
American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
Full sunZones 2–710 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Part shadeZones 3–74 ftHigh
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Alderleaf Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus montanus
Full sunZones 5–108.5 ftLow
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
Campsis radicans f. flava
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full sunZones 4–926 ftModerate
Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Full shadeZones 4–86 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
Full sunZones 4–93 ftLow
Apricot Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Blue Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Cream Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Idaho Fescue
Festuca idahoensis
Full sunZones 3–71.5 ftLow
Lisianthus
Eustoma
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Picotee Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Pink Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Rose Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Foliage
Western Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
Full shadeZones 6–93.5 ftModerate
White Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.5 ftModerate
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Obedient Plant
Physostegia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate

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