Find Native Plants for Your Area
Native Range Filter and Range Maps
It's easy to find native plants for your area on our website. Go to All Native Plants and apply the "Native Range” filter by selecting your State from the list. The Native Range filter shows you which plants are native in your State. In addition to the Native Range filter, each plant on our website includes a Range Map (on the product page) which shows the native plant distribution at a county level. Keep in mind that you don't need to strictly follow to these boundaries. Native plants do grow outside of these boundaries, both naturally and with human introduction. Ultimately, you'll want to choose plants that are a good fit for the growing conditions at your site.
- A Native Range refers to the geographic area where the species occurs naturally.
- The Hardiness Zone refers to the temperate conditions of a location. The USDA hardiness zones are defined by how cold an area gets in the winter.
- Use one or the other of these methods, but always refer to the growing conditions (soil moisture, sunlight and soil type) for best results.
Hardiness Zone
Some gardeners may prefer to use USDA Hardiness Zone filter, instead of the Native Range filter, when browsing plants. Always keep in mind that the growing conditions that are favorable for the plant are of primary importance. The growing conditions that we list for each species are the conditions that will naturally help that plant thrive.
