Arkansas Recommended 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.
QR Tag	Name	Characteristics
	Acer nigrum Black maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Acer rubrum Red maple, Scarlet maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: 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 glabra Ohio buckeye, Texas buckeye, Fetid buckeye, Horse chestnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Amelanchier arborea Common serviceberry, Downy serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Amorpha canescens Leadplant, Leadplant amorpha, Prairie shoestring	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Andropogon gerardii Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: 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 tuberosa Butterflyweed, Butterfly milkweed, Orange milkweed, Pleurisy root	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Betula nigra River birch, Red birch	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Bignonia capreolata Crossvine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Bouteloua dactyloides Buffalograss, Buffalo grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Callicarpa americana American beautyberry, French mulberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Callirhoe digitata Finger poppy-mallow, Poppy mallow, Standing winecup, Wine cup, Winecup	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Campsis radicans Trumpet creeper, Trumpet vine, Common trumpet creeper, Cow vine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Carya cordiformis Bitternut hickory, Swamp hickory	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Carya illinoinensis Pecan	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Carya ovata Shagbark hickory	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Castilleja coccinea Scarlet paintbrush, Scarlet indian paintbrush, Painted cup, Indian paintbrush	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Catalpa speciosa Northern catalpa, Catawba tree, Cigar tree, Indian bean	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea, Redroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Ceanothus herbaceus Redroot, Prairie redroot, Jersey tea, Inland Ceanothus, Fuzzy Ceanothus	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Cephalanthus occidentalis Common buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button willow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud, Redbud	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Claytonia virginica Virginia springbeauty, Springbeauty	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Clematis pitcheri Purple clematis, Purple leatherflower, Leatherflower, Bluebill	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Conoclinium coelestinum Blue mistflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Coreopsis grandiflora Largeflower tickseed, Large-flower tickseed, Coreopsis	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf coreopsis, Lanceleaf tickseed, Lance-leaved coreopsis, Sand coreopsis	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Coreopsis tinctoria Plains coreopsis, Golden tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Cornus drummondii Roughleaf dogwood, Drummond's dogwood, Rough-leaf dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Cornus florida Flowering dogwood, Virginia dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Dalea candida White prairie clover	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Delphinium carolinianum Carolina larkspur, Blue larkspur, Prairie larkspur, Espuela del caballero	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Desmodium illinoense Illinois ticktrefoil, Illinois tick-trefoil	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Diospyros virginiana Common persimmon, Eastern persimmon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Echinacea angustifolia Black Sampson, Black Samson echinacea, Narrow-leaf Coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower, Pale coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Echinacea paradoxa Yellow coneflower, Yellow echinacea	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water:
	Echinacea purpurea Eastern purple coneflower, Purple coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Elymus canadensis Canada wild rye, Canadian wildrye, Prairie wildrye, Nodding wildrye	Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Eryngium leavenworthii Leavenworth's eryngo, Eryngo	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Eryngium yuccifolium Button eryngo, Button snakeroot, Rattlesnake master, Beargrass, Bear's grass	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Erythrina herbacea Coralbean, Cherokee bean, Red cardinal	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Euonymus atropurpureus Burningbush, Eastern wahoo, Burning bush, Wahoo, Waahoo, Whahoo, Spindle tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus Trumpetweed, Queen of the meadow, Hollow Joe-pye weed, Joe-pye weed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist
	Frangula caroliniana Carolina buckthorn, Carolina false buckthorn, Indian cherry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Fraxinus americana White ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Fraxinus nigra Black ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash, Red ash	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel, Indian Blanket	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida Prairie verbena, Purple prairie verbena, Dakota mock vervain, Dakota vervain	Duration: Annual, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Glandularia canadensis Rose vervain, Sweet william, Rose mock vervain	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Gleditsia triacanthos Honey locust, Common Honey-locust, Honey-locust, Thornless common honey-locust, Honey shucks	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky coffeetree, Stump tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Hamamelis vernalis Ozark witch-hazel, Vernal witch-hazel	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Hamamelis virginiana Witch hazel, American witch hazel	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Helianthus angustifolius Swamp sunflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Helianthus maximiliani Maximilian sunflower, Max sunflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Hibiscus moscheutos Crimsoneyed rosemallow, Crimson-eyed rose-mallow, Marshmallow hibiscus	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Ilex decidua Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Winterberry, Deciduous yaupon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Ilex opaca American holly, Christmas holly	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Dry
	Ilex vomitoria Yaupon, Yaupon holly, Cassina	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Juglans cinerea Butternut, White walnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Juglans microcarpa Little walnut, Nogalito, Texas walnut, Texas black walnut, River walnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: 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
	Lespedeza capitata Roundhead lespedeza, Roundhead bush-clover	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Liatris aspera Tall blazing star, Tall gayfeather, Rough blazing star, Button snakeroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Liatris punctata Dotted blazing star, Dotted gayfeather	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star, Kansas Ggayfeather, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Hairy Button-snakeroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Liatris squarrosa Blazing star, Scaly blazing star, Scaly gayfeather	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Linum lewisii Wild blue flax, Prairie flax, Lewis flax	Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum, American sweetgum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Lobelia siphilitica Great blue lobelia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Lonicera sempervirens Coral honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Woodbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Magnolia acuminata Cucumbertree, Cucumber tree, Mountain magnolia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Magnolia macrophylla Bigleaf magnolia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Monarda citriodora Lemon beebalm, Horsemint, Purple horsemint, Lemon mint, Plains horsemint, Lemon horsemint	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Monarda fistulosa Wild bergamot, Beebalm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Monarda punctata Spotted beebalm, Spotted horsemint, Horsemint	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Oenothera macrocarpa Bigfruit evening-primrose, Missouri evening-primrose, Fluttermill, Big-fruit evening-primrose, Missouri Primrose	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Oenothera speciosa Pink evening primrose, Showy evening primrose, Mexican evening primrose, Showy primrose, Pink ladies, Buttercups, Pink buttercups	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Ostrya virginiana Eastern hop-hornbeam, Hophornbeam, Ironwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower, Purple passion vine, Maypop, Apricot vine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Penstemon cobaea Wild foxglove, Prairie penstemon, Foxglove penstemon, False foxglove, Large-flowered beardtongue, Large-flowered penstemon, Prairie beardtongue, Cobaea penstemon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, 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 grandiflorus Large beardtongue, Large-flower beardtongue, Large-flowered penstemon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Penstemon murrayanus Scarlet beardtongue, Red penstemon, Cupleaf beardtongue, Cupleaf Penstemon, Scarlet Penstemon, Beard tongue	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	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
	Phlox pilosa Downy phlox, Prairie phlox, Fragrant phlox	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Physostegia virginiana Fall obedient plant, Obedient plant, False dragonhead	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Pinus echinata Shortleaf pine, Yellow pine, Spruce 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
	Prunus americana American plum, Wild plum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Prunus angustifolia Chickasaw plum, Sandhill plum	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Prunus serotina Black cherry, Rum cherry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: 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 bicolor Swamp white oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Quercus coccinea Scarlet oak, Red oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Quercus macrocarpa Bur oak, Burr oak, Savannah oak, Overcup oak, Prairie oak, Mossy-cup oak, Mossy-overcup oak, Blue oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, 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
	Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat, Prairie coneflower, Upright prairie coneflower, Red-spike mexican-hat, Long-headed coneflower, Thimbleflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry
	Ratibida pinnata Pinnate prairie coneflower, Grayhead Mexican hat, Yellow coneflower, Grayhead coneflower	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Rhamnus lanceolata Lance-leaf buckthorn, Lanceleaf buckthorn	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Rhododendron oblongifolium Texas azalea	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: Dry
	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
	Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan	Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Salvia azurea var. grandiflora Pitcher sage, Blue sage	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: 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
	Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii Western soapberry, Soapberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Silene regia Royal catchfly	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Silphium integrifolium Wholeleaf rosinweed, Entire-leaf rosinweed	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water:
	Silphium laciniatum Compassplant, Compass plant	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry
	Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie rosinweed, Prairie dock	Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist
	Taxodium distichum Bald cypress, Baldcypress, Common bald cypress, Southern bald cypress, Deciduous cypress	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Tilia americana American basswood, American linden, Lime tree, Bee tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	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

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