Native Plants of the United States

In every region of our country we are fortunate to have an abundance of native plants to enjoy and plant in the landscape. Native plants can be easy to grow and often tend to be hardier than many other plants in the garden. Many more nurseries are selling native plants today.

A short listing of regional native plants is enclosed below. This list was compiled from many sources across the United States. It is not the only native plant list or the best plant list. It is a suggested plant list for your region to encourage you, the gardener, to grow native plants in your garden. Click on the appropriate region below:

NEW ENGLAND - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
CENTRAL ATLANTIC - Delaware, National Capital Area, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
SOUTH ATLANTIC - Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
DEEP SOUTH - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee
CENTRAL - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin
SOUTH CENTRAL - Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
ROCKY MOUNTAIN - Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
PACIFIC - Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
ALASKA
HAWAII

Questions or comments? Contact Cathy Felton, NGC Horticulture Chairman.

REFERENCES

Native Plant Lists from most U.S. states
Native Plant Societies of the U.S.

Armitage’s Native Plants for North American Gardens,   Allan M. Armitage
Easy Care Native Plants, Patricia A. Taylor
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants, C. Colston Burrell, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Native Plants of the Northeast,   Donald J. Leopold
Native Trees and Shrubs and Vines, William Culllina

Alabama
    Birmingham Botanical Gardens
California
    Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
    University of California – Berkeley Botanical Garden
Colorado
    Denver Botanic Garden
Georgia
    Georgia Botanical Society
Illinois
    The Morton Arboretum
Kansas
    Kansas Wildflower Society
Massachusetts
    Arnold Arboretum
     Garden in the Woods
North Carolina
    University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Oklahoma
    Oklahoma Native Plant Society
Oregon
    The Berry Botanic Garden
Pennsylvania
    Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
Texas
    Dallas Arboretum
    Riverside Nature Center
Virginia
    Virginia Native Plant Society