Native range

Native plants

570 plants native to North America in the BloomsEye library: 550 wild species and 20 plant groups, each growing wild in part of the United States or Canada and read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 248 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

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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, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 570 plants, 556 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.

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Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
Part shadeZones 3–88 inModerate
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Blue Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–101.5 ftModerate
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Part shadeZones 5–102 ftModerate
Blue Palo Verde
Parkinsonia florida
Full sunZones 8–1030 ftLow
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83 ftModerate
Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Part shadeZones 5–88 inModerate
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
Blueblossom Ceanothus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Full sunZones 7–1012 ftLow
Bluestar
Amsonia
Full sunZones 4–93 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Foliage
Boston Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
Part shadeZones 9–112 ftHigh
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
Part shadeZones 5–810 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Part shadeZones 5–93 ftModerate
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
Full sunZones 7–93 ftLow
Broadleaf Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
Full sunZones 5–94 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Brome-Like Sedge
Carex bromoides
Part shadeZones 4–81.5 ftModerate
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Buffalograss
Bouteloua dactyloides
Full sunZones 4–88 inLow
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–68 inModerate
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Bush Anemone
Carpenteria californica
Full sunZones 8–106 ftLow
Bushy Bluestem
Anatherum glomeratum
Full sunZones 7–94.5 ftHigh
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Part shadeZones 4–92.5 ftModerate
California Buckeye
Aesculus californica
Full sunZones 7–823 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Full sunZones 7–102.5 ftLow
California Coffeeberry
Frangula californica
Full sunZones 7–108 ftLow
California Fescue
Festuca californica
Part shadeZones 7–102.5 ftLow
California Flannelbush
Fremontodendron californicum
Full sunZones 8–1115 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum
Full sunZones 7–112 ftLow
California Goldenrod
Solidago velutina subsp. californica
Full sunZones 6–102.5 ftLow
California Meadow Sedge
Carex pansa
Full sunZones 8–108 inModerate
California Poppy
Eschscholzia
Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
California Sycamore
Platanus racemosa
Full sunZones 7–957 ftModerate
California Wild Grape
Vitis californica
Full sunZones 7–1025 ftModerate
Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Foliage
Canada Yew
Taxus canadensis
Part shadeZones 2–74.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Canby's Mountain Lover
Paxistima canbyi
Part shadeZones 4–712 inModerate
Canyon Penstemon
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Full sunZones 5–103 ftLow
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Part sunZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Carolina Buckthorn
Frangula caroliniana
Part shadeZones 5–912 ftModerate
Carolina Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana
Full sunZones 7–1025 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Full sunZones 6–1015 ftModerate
Carolina Lupine
Thermopsis villosa
Full sunZones 4–84 ftModerate
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Carolina Silverbell
Halesia carolina
Part shadeZones 4–835 ftModerate
Cascade Oregon Grape
Berberis nervosa
Part shadeZones 6–92 ftModerate
Cascade Penstemon
Penstemon serrulatus
Full sunZones 6–91.5 ftModerate
Cascara
Frangula purshiana
Part sunZones 4–930 ftModerate
Catalina Cherry
Prunus ilicifolia var. occidentalis
Full sunZones 9–1023 ftLow
Catalina Perfume
Ribes viburnifolium
Part shadeZones 8–103.5 ftLow
Catawba Rhododendron
Rhododendron catawbiense
Part shadeZones 4–88 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia
Full sunZones 6–860 ftModerate
Cedar Sage
Salvia roemeriana
Part shadeZones 7–101.5 ftLow
Celandine Poppy
Chelidonium diphyllum
Part shadeZones 4–91.5 ftModerate

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