Native range

Native plants of Tennessee

189 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Tennessee, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 162 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 180 of 208 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; Tennessee 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 208 plants, 194 have been checked against outside sources (3 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.

Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia macrophylla
Part sunZones 4–824 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Mountain Stewartia
Stewartia ovata
Part sunZones 5–812 ftModerate
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
Part shadeZones 4–816 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Full sunZones 3–859 ftModerate
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Gray-Headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Part shadeZones 5–88 inModerate
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Full sunZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Adam's Needle
Yucca filamentosa
Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Full sunZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full sunZones 4–860 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Part shadeZones 4–825 ftModerate
Foliage
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–749 ftModerate
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Full sunZones 3–82 ftLow
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Full sunZones 4–855 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Foliage
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Full sunZones 4–959 ftHigh
Drooping Leucothoe
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Part shadeZones 6–91.5 ftModerate
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–83 ftLow
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
Full sunZones 4–820 ftLow
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
Part sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Foliage
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
Full sunZones 3–820 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Shadblow Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Part shadeZones 4–824 ftModerate
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Red Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Carolina Lupine
Thermopsis villosa
Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate
Creeping Phlox
Phlox subulata
Full sunZones 3–96 inLow
Creeping Woodland Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Large Fothergilla
Fothergilla major
Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Part shadeZones 3–73 ftModerate
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Full sunZones 4–85.5 ftModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–625 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Part shadeZones 4–95 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Part shadeZones 3–88 inLow
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
American Smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
Full sunZones 4–817 ftModerate
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Full sunZones 6–1015 ftModerate
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
Canby's Mountain Lover
Paxistima canbyi
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate
Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Part shadeZones 3–76 ftModerate

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