Where each tree and shrub we grow is native: its range by state

Native to where? The table below answers it for every plant in the catalog, A to Z, with the state codes a botanist would use. The first column of codes is the states with wild native populations on record, the last the states where the plant grows wild from planting. The native-to-my-state tool turns the same records around and lists the plants for one state.

How to read the table

The states are the USDA PLANTS Database’s records, which Blue Whale Trees reads for each plant by its symbol. A state in the native column holds wild populations the database marks native; a state in the introduced column holds wild populations that came from planting.

A state in neither column has no record of the plant growing wild, which is not the same as the plant failing there. Many of these plants grow well a zone or two beyond their range, and the plant page’s zones say how far.

The codes are the two-letter postal codes, with DC for the District of Columbia. The count column gives how many states are in the native column.

Native range, A to Z

The table holds the 414 trees and shrubs we grow. A name opens the plant’s page.

Jump to a letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y

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The table as a file

Download the table as CSV or JSON: 414 rows, one for one tree or shrub the nursery grows, with the columns below. The figures are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence: use them with a credit to bluewhaletrees.com and a link to this page. Updated 2026-10-22.

What each column means

• slug: the plant page’s address, https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants//
• name: the common name the page uses
• botanical: the botanical name
• symbol: the plant’s symbol in the USDA PLANTS Database
• native_states: the two-letter codes of the states where the PLANTS Database records the plant growing wild as a native, separated by spaces; the District of Columbia counts as DC
• native_count: how many states are in native_states
• introduced_states: the codes of the states where PLANTS records it growing wild as an introduction
• introduced_count: how many states are in introduced_states

How the table is made

The states are the USDA PLANTS Database’s records for each plant, read for the native-to-my-state tool: native where PLANTS marks the plant native to the state, introduced where it marks it introduced. A state in neither column holds no record of the plant growing wild. The files are written from the records and checked at every release.

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Common questions

Which native tree has the widest range?

Black locust is recorded native in 49 states, the most in the table. The narrowest ranges are a single state, which fifteen of our plants have.

Is a plant native to my state?

Find the plant in the table and look for your state’s code in the native column. The native-to-my-state tool gives the whole list for a state instead.

What does introduced mean here?

The database marks a state introduced where the plant grows wild there from planting, not from its own range. Four of our plants have at least one such state.

Why does a plant have no states at all?

One plants in the table have no state record, because the database holds no wild population for them, as with a plant known only from cultivation.