Kentucky Recommended Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Kentucky. 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.
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	Acer negundo Ash-leaf maple, Ash-leaved maple, Box elder, Boxelder, Fresno de guajuco	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Acer pensylvanicum Striped maple, Moosewood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Acer rubrum var. rubrum Red maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Acer saccharum Sugar maple, Northern sugar maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Achillea millefolium Common yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil, Western yarrow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Aesculus flava Sweet buckeye, Yellow buckeye	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade Water: Moist
	Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye, Texas buckeye, Fetid buckeye, Horse chestnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Ageratina altissima var. altissima White snakeroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Amelanchier arborea Common serviceberry, Downy serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Amelanchier canadensis Canadian serviceberry, Canadian service-berry, Shadblow serviceberry, Juneberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Aquilegia canadensis Eastern red columbine, Wild red columbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Aralia spinosa Devil's walkingstick, Devil’s walking-stick, Prickly Ash, Hercules club, Angelica tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed, Pink Milkweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Asimina triloba Pawpaw, Common paw paw, Indian banana	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Betula lenta Sweet birch, Cherry birch, Black birch, Mahogany birch	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Betula nigra River birch, Red birch	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Campsis radicans Trumpet creeper, Trumpet vine, Common trumpet creeper, Cow vine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Carpinus caroliniana American hornbeam, Blue beech, Musclewood, Ironwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Carya alba Mockernut hickory, Big bud hickory	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Carya cordiformis Bitternut hickory, Swamp hickory	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Carya glabra Pignut hickory	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Castanea pumila Chinkapin, Allegheny chinquapin, Allegheny-chinkapin, Chinquapin	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea, Redroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Cephalanthus occidentalis Common buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button willow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Cercis canadensis var. canadensis Eastern redbud	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Chionanthus virginicus White fringetree, Fringe tree, Grancy Graybeard	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Comptonia peregrina Sweet fern, Sweet-fern	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Conoclinium coelestinum Blue mistflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Coreopsis auriculata Lobed tickseed, Early coreopsis, Eared coreopsis, Dwarf tickseed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Coreopsis tinctoria Plains coreopsis, Golden tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Cornus alternifolia Alternateleaf dogwood, Alternate-leaf dogwood, Pagoda dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Cornus florida Flowering dogwood, Virginia dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Diospyros virginiana Common persimmon, Eastern persimmon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower, Pale coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Echinacea purpurea Eastern purple coneflower, Purple coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Euonymus americanus American strawberry-bush, Strawberry bush, Brook euonymus, Hearts-a-burstin, Bursting-heart, Wahoo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus Trumpetweed, Queen of the meadow, Hollow Joe-pye weed, Joe-pye weed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist
	Fagus grandifolia American beech	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Fraxinus americana White ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Hamamelis virginiana Witch hazel, American witch hazel	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Helenium autumnale Common sneezeweed, Fall sneezeweed, Autumn sneezeweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Helianthus angustifolius Swamp sunflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Hydrangea arborescens Wild hydrangea, Sevenbark	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Hypericum prolificum Shrubby St. Johnswort	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Ilex opaca American holly, Christmas holly	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Dry
	Juglans nigra Black walnut, Eastern black walnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Juniperus virginiana Eastern red cedar, Eastern redcedar, Virginia juniper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Kalmia latifolia Mountain laurel, Calico bush, Kalmia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Liatris squarrosa Blazing star, Scaly blazing star, Scaly gayfeather	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Lindera benzoin Northern spicebush, Spicebush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum, American sweetgum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip tree, Tulip poplar, Yellow poplar	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica Great blue lobelia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Water:
	Lonicera sempervirens Coral honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Woodbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Lupinus perennis Sundial lupine, Wild lupine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Magnolia acuminata Cucumbertree, Cucumber tree, Mountain magnolia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Magnolia tripetala Umbrella tree, Umbrella magnolia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay, Sweetbay magnolia, Swampbay, Swamp magnolia, Small magnolia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebells	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Monarda citriodora Lemon beebalm, Horsemint, Purple horsemint, Lemon mint, Plains horsemint, Lemon horsemint	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Monarda didyma Scarlet beebalm, Oswego tea, Red bergamot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Monarda fistulosa Wild bergamot, Beebalm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Morella cerifera Wax myrtle, Southern bayberry, Candleberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Nyssa sylvatica Blackgum, Black tupelo, Sourgum, Tupelo, Pepperridge	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Oenothera fruticosa Narrowleaf evening-primrose, Narrow-leaf evening-primrose, Sundrops	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood, Sorrel tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower, Purple passion vine, Maypop, Apricot vine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Penstemon canescens Eastern gray beardtongue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Penstemon digitalis Mississippi penstemon, Smooth white beardtongue, Talus slope penstemon, Foxglove beardtongue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Penstemon laevigatus Eastern smooth beardtongue, Smooth beardtongue, Eastern beardtongue, Hairy beardtongue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Phlox divaricata Wild blue phlox, Louisiana phlox, Blue woodland phlox, Sweet william, Wild sweet william	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Physocarpus opulifolius Atlantic ninebark, Common ninebark	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Picea rubens Red spruce	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Pinus echinata Shortleaf pine, Yellow pine, Spruce pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Pinus pungens Table Mountain pine, Hickory pine, Prickly pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Pinus rigida Pitch pine, Torch pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Pinus strobus Eastern white pine, Weymouth pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Pinus taeda Loblolly pine, Old field pine, Bull pine, Rosemary pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Pinus virginiana Virginia pine, Jersey pine, Scrub pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Platanus occidentalis American sycamore, Buttonwood, Plane-tree, Sycamore	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Polemonium reptans Greek valerian, Greek-valerian, Jacob's Ladder	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade Water: Moist
	Prunus americana American plum, Wild plum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Prunus serotina Black cherry, Rum cherry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Common chokecherry, Choke cherry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Ptelea trifoliata Wafer ash, Common hoptree, Hop tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Quercus alba White oak, Northern white oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Quercus coccinea Scarlet oak, Red oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Quercus imbricaria Shingle oak, Laurel oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Quercus muehlenbergii Chinkapin oak, Chinquapin oak, Chestnut oak, Yellow chestnut oak, Yellow oak, Rock chestnut oak, Rock oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Quercus palustris Pin oak, Swamp Spanish oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Quercus phellos Willow oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Quercus stellata Post oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Quercus virginiana Coastal live oak, Southern live oak, Live oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Rhododendron calendulaceum Flame azalea	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Rhododendron catawbiense Catawba rosebay, Purple rhododendron, Red laurel, Catawba rhododendron, Mountain rosebay	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water:
	Rhododendron maximum Great laurel, Wild rhododendron, Rosebay rhododendron, White laurel, Rosebay	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Rhododendron prinophyllum Early azalea, Roseshell azalea, Woolly azalea	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: Moist
	Rhus aromatica Fragrant sumac, Aromatic sumac, Lemon sumac, Polecat bush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rhus glabra Smooth sumac	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Rhus typhina Staghorn sumac, Velvet sumac	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Ribes rotundifolium Appalachian gooseberry, Round-leaf currant, Wild gooseberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Robinia hispida Bristly locust, Standing sweet pea	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water:
	Robinia pseudoacacia Black locust, Honey locust	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis Common elderberry, Black elder, Mexican elderberry, Common elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Sassafras albidum Sassafras	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Sorbus americana American mountain ash, American mountain-ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Staphylea trifolia American bladdernut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: Moist
	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Coralberry, Indian currant, Buckbrush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster, New England American-aster	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Taxodium distichum Bald cypress, Baldcypress, Common bald cypress, Southern bald cypress, Deciduous cypress	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Thuja occidentalis Arborvitae, Eastern arborvitae, Northern white cedar	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Tilia americana American basswood, American linden, Lime tree, Bee tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Tilia americana var. heterophylla American basswood, Linden, White basswood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Tsuga canadensis Eastern hemlock	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Vaccinium stamineum Deerberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Viburnum dentatum Southern arrowwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Viburnum lentago Nannyberry, Blackhaw, Sweet viburnum, Sheepberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw, Smooth blackhaw, Blackhaw viburnum, Smooth blackhaw viburnum, Stagbush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Viburnum rufidulum Rusty blackhaw viburnum, Rusty blackhaw, Southern blackhaw, Downy viburnum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Wisteria frutescens American wisteria, Texas wisteria, Kentucky wisteria	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist

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