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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Arkansas. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Acer nigrum | Black maple | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar maple Northern sugar maple | |
| Aesculus glabra | Ohio buckeye Texas buckeye Fetid buckeye Horse chestnut | |
| Amelanchier arborea | Common serviceberry Downy serviceberry Shadbush Juneberry | |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant amorpha Prairie shoestring | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Aralia spinosa | Devil's walkingstick Devil’s walking-stick Prickly Ash Hercules club Angelica tree | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Betula nigra | River birch Red birch | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo grass | |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry | |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut hickory Swamp hickory | |
| Castilleja coccinea | Scarlet paintbrush Scarlet indian paintbrush Painted cup Indian paintbrush | |
| Callirhoe digitata | Finger poppy-mallow Poppy mallow Standing winecup Wine cup Winecup | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
| Carya ovata | Shagbark hickory | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Catalpa speciosa | Northern catalpa Catawba tree Cigar tree Indian bean | |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey tea Redroot | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud Redbud | |
| Ceanothus herbaceus | Redroot Prairie redroot Jersey tea Inland Ceanothus Fuzzy Ceanothus | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common buttonbush Buttonbush Button willow | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple clematis Purple leatherflower Leatherflower Bluebill | |
| Claytonia virginica | Virginia springbeauty Springbeauty | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf dogwood Drummond's dogwood Rough-leaf dogwood | |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood Virginia dogwood | |
| Coreopsis grandiflora | Largeflower tickseed Large-flower tickseed Coreopsis | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis Lanceleaf tickseed Lance-leaved coreopsis Sand coreopsis | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis Golden tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Dalea candida | White prairie clover | |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple prairie clover | |
| Delphinium carolinianum | Carolina larkspur Blue larkspur Prairie larkspur Espuela del caballero | |
| Desmodium illinoense | Illinois ticktrefoil Illinois tick-trefoil | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common persimmon Eastern persimmon | |
| Echinacea angustifolia | Black Sampson Black Samson echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale purple coneflower Pale coneflower | |
| Echinacea paradoxa | Yellow coneflower Yellow echinacea | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern purple coneflower Purple coneflower | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wild rye Canadian wildrye Prairie wildrye Nodding wildrye | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's eryngo Eryngo | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Button eryngo Button snakeroot Rattlesnake master Beargrass Bear's grass | |
| Euonymus atropurpureus | Burningbush Eastern wahoo Burning bush Wahoo Waahoo Whahoo Spindle tree | |
| Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus | Trumpetweed Queen of the meadow Hollow Joe-pye weed Joe-pye weed | |
| Fraxinus americana | White ash | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Fraxinus nigra | Black ash | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie verbena Purple prairie verbena Dakota mock vervain Dakota vervain | |
| Glandularia canadensis | Rose vervain Sweet william Rose mock vervain | |
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey locust Common Honey-locust Honey-locust Thornless common honey-locust Honey shucks | |
| Gymnocladus dioicus | Kentucky coffeetree Stump tree | |
| Hamamelis vernalis | Ozark witch-hazel Vernal witch-hazel | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel American witch hazel | |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp sunflower | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower Max sunflower | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimsoneyed rosemallow Crimson-eyed rose-mallow Marshmallow hibiscus | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex opaca | American holly Christmas holly | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Juglans cinerea | Butternut White walnut | |
| Juglans microcarpa | Little walnut Nogalito Texas walnut Texas black walnut River walnut | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead lespedeza Roundhead bush-clover | |
| Liatris aspera | Tall blazing star Tall gayfeather Rough blazing star Button snakeroot | |
| Linum lewisii | Wild blue flax Prairie flax Lewis flax | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted blazing star Dotted gayfeather | |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Kansas Ggayfeather Cat-tail Gayfeather Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
| Liatris squarrosa | Blazing star Scaly blazing star Scaly gayfeather | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great blue lobelia | |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber tree Mountain magnolia | |
| Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf magnolia | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted beebalm Spotted horsemint Horsemint | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Missouri evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit evening-primrose Missouri Primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink evening primrose Showy evening primrose Mexican evening primrose Showy primrose Pink ladies Buttercups Pink buttercups | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern hop-hornbeam Hophornbeam Ironwood | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Wild foxglove Prairie penstemon Foxglove penstemon False foxglove Large-flowered beardtongue Large-flowered penstemon Prairie beardtongue Cobaea penstemon | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi penstemon Smooth white beardtongue Talus slope penstemon Foxglove beardtongue | |
| Penstemon grandiflorus | Large beardtongue Large-flower beardtongue Large-flowered penstemon | |
| Penstemon murrayanus | Scarlet beardtongue Red penstemon Cupleaf beardtongue Cupleaf Penstemon Scarlet Penstemon Beard tongue | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox Louisiana phlox Blue woodland phlox Sweet william Wild sweet william | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy phlox Prairie phlox Fragrant phlox | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf pine Yellow pine Spruce pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine Jersey pine Scrub pine | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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