# Alaska: the native trees and shrubs we grow

> 6 trees and shrubs native to Alaska by the USDA PLANTS records, from 1 large tree to 5 shrubs, all grown from seed, with zones and size on every card.

Blue Whale Trees, a native tree nursery in the United States. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/native/?state=AK

Pick a state and see which of the 364 trees and shrubs we grow are recorded growing wild there, by the USDA PLANTS Database. Some of our trees have spread well beyond their native range. Those count as native only in the states their original range reaches, and elsewhere they are listed apart with their page's own sentence. A state record is a start, not a verdict on your ground. The [planting-site check](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/site-check/index.html.md) asks about the location itself.

## 6 of our 364 trees and shrubs are native to Alaska

Recorded there by the USDA PLANTS Database, and native there by the rules below.

Native here does not mean hardy where you are. Each card gives its zones, and the [ZIP code tool](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/zone/index.html.md) finds yours.

## 1 large tree

- [Tamarack](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/tamarack/index.html.md) (*Larix laricina*): Large tree, Zones 2–6, 50–75 ft, Price on request

## 5 shrubs

- [Red Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-elderberry/index.html.md) (*Sambucus racemosa*): Shrub, Zones 3–7, 8–12 ft, Price on request
- [Squashberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/squashberry/index.html.md) (*Viburnum edule*): Shrub, Zones 2–8, 2–7 ft, Price on request
- [Canada Buffaloberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-buffaloberry/index.html.md) (*Shepherdia canadensis*): Shrub, Zones 2–8, 3–8 ft, Price on request
- [Creeping Juniper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-juniper/index.html.md) (*Juniperus horizontalis*): Shrub, Zones 2–9, 1–2 ft, Price on request
- [Red Osier Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-osier-dogwood/index.html.md) (*Cornus sericea*): Shrub, Zones 2–7, 6–12 ft, Price on request

## Introduced, not native

PLANTS records these growing wild in Alaska and lists them as introduced to the region.

- [Chokecherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chokecherry/index.html.md) (*Prunus virginiana*): Small tree, Zones 2–10, 20–30 ft, Price on request

### 357 of our trees and shrubs are not recorded in Alaska

Not recorded growing wild there by PLANTS. Many still grow well there when planted: hardiness, soil and sun decide that, not the state line. Each page gives the tree's zones.

[Alabama Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-azalea/index.html.md), [Alabama Croton](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-croton/index.html.md), [Alabama Snow-wreath](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-snow-wreath/index.html.md), [Alderleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alderleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md), [Allegheny Chinquapin](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-chinquapin/index.html.md), [Allegheny Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-plum/index.html.md), [Allegheny Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-serviceberry/index.html.md), [American Basswood (Linden)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-basswood/index.html.md), [American Beautyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-beautyberry/index.html.md), [American Beech](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-beech/index.html.md), [American Chestnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-chestnut/index.html.md), [American Crabapple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-crabapple/index.html.md), [American Fly Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-fly-honeysuckle/index.html.md), [American Hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hazelnut/index.html.md), [American Holly, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md), [American Hornbeam (Musclewood)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hornbeam/index.html.md), [American Mountain Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-mountain-ash/index.html.md), [American Persimmon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-persimmon/index.html.md), [American Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-plum/index.html.md), [American Smoketree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-smoketree/index.html.md), [American Snowbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-snowbell/index.html.md), [Arkansas Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arkansas-oak/index.html.md), [Arrowwood Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arrowwood-viburnum/index.html.md), [Ashe's Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ashe-magnolia/index.html.md), [Atlantic White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/atlantic-white-cedar/index.html.md), [Bald Cypress](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bald-cypress/index.html.md), [Bartram's Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bartram-serviceberry/index.html.md), [Beach Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beach-plum/index.html.md), [Beaked Hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beaked-hazelnut/index.html.md), [Bear Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-huckleberry/index.html.md), [Bear Oak (Scrub Oak)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-oak/index.html.md), [Bigleaf Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-magnolia/index.html.md), [Bigleaf Snowbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-snowbell/index.html.md), [Bigleaf Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-witch-hazel/index.html.md), [Bitternut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bitternut-hickory/index.html.md), [Black Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-cherry/index.html.md), [Black Chokeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-chokeberry/index.html.md), [Black Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-elderberry/index.html.md), [Black Gum (Tupelo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-gum/index.html.md), [Black Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-hickory/index.html.md), [Black Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-huckleberry/index.html.md), [Black Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-locust/index.html.md), [Black Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-maple/index.html.md), [Black Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-oak/index.html.md), [Black Walnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-walnut/index.html.md), [Blackhaw Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackhaw/index.html.md), [Blackjack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackjack-oak/index.html.md), [Bladdernut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bladdernut/index.html.md), [Blue Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blue-ash/index.html.md), [Blue Ridge St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blue-ridge-st-johns-wort/index.html.md), [Blueberry Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blueberry-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Bluejack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bluejack-oak/index.html.md), [Bluff Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bluff-oak/index.html.md), [Bog Spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bog-spicebush/index.html.md), [Bottlebrush Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bottlebrush-buckeye/index.html.md), [Box Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/box-huckleberry/index.html.md), [Boynton Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/boynton-oak/index.html.md), [Bracted Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bracted-arrowwood/index.html.md), [Bristly Locust (Rose Locust)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rose-locust/index.html.md), [Broom Crowberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/broom-crowberry/index.html.md), [Buckthorn Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buckthorn-bully/index.html.md), [Buckwheat Tree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buckwheat-tree/index.html.md), [Bur Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bur-oak/index.html.md), [Butternut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/butternut/index.html.md), [Buttonbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buttonbush/index.html.md), [Canada Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-plum/index.html.md), [Canada Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-yew/index.html.md), [Carolina Bog Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-bog-laurel/index.html.md), [Carolina Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-buckthorn/index.html.md), [Carolina Hemlock](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-hemlock/index.html.md), [Carolina Laurelcherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-laurelcherry/index.html.md), [Carolina Silverbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-silverbell/index.html.md), [Carolina St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-st-johns-wort/index.html.md), [Catawba Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/catawba-rhododendron/index.html.md), [Catberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/catberry/index.html.md), [Cedar Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cedar-elm/index.html.md), [Chalk Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chalk-maple/index.html.md), [Chapman Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chapman-oak/index.html.md), [Chapman's St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chapman-st-johns-wort/index.html.md), [Cherrybark Oak, Wye Island line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cherrybark-oak/index.html.md), [Chestnut Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chestnut-oak/index.html.md), [Chickasaw Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chickasaw-plum/index.html.md), [Chinese Chestnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chinese-chestnut/index.html.md), [Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chinquapin-oak/index.html.md), [Cinnamon Clethra](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cinnamon-clethra/index.html.md), [Clammy Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clammy-locust/index.html.md), [Climbing Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-fetterbush/index.html.md), [Climbing Prairie Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-prairie-rose/index.html.md), [Clusterspike Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clusterspike-indigobush/index.html.md), [Coastal Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/coastal-azalea/index.html.md), [Cockspur Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cockspur-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Common Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hackberry/index.html.md), [Common Hoptree (Wafer Ash)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hoptree/index.html.md), [Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-prickly-ash/index.html.md), [Conjurer's-nut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/conjurers-nut/index.html.md), [Corkwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/corkwood/index.html.md), [Creeping Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-blueberry/index.html.md), [Cucumber Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cucumber-magnolia/index.html.md), [Cumberland Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cumberland-azalea/index.html.md), [Cumberland Rosemary](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cumberland-rosemary/index.html.md), [Dahoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dahoon/index.html.md), [Dangleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dangleberry/index.html.md), [Deerberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/deerberry/index.html.md), [Delta Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/delta-post-oak/index.html.md), [Devil's Walking Stick](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/devils-walking-stick/index.html.md), [Devilwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/devilwood/index.html.md), [Downy Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-arrowwood/index.html.md), [Downy Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Downy Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-serviceberry/index.html.md), [Durand Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/durand-oak/index.html.md), [Dwarf Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-chinquapin-oak/index.html.md), [Dwarf Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-hackberry/index.html.md), [Dwarf Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-live-oak/index.html.md), [Dwarf Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-pawpaw/index.html.md), [Dwarf Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-tupelo/index.html.md), [Dwarf Witch Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-witch-alder/index.html.md), [Eastern Leatherwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-leatherwood/index.html.md), [Eastern Red Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-red-cedar/index.html.md), [Eastern Redbud](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-redbud/index.html.md), [Eastern Wahoo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-wahoo/index.html.md), [Elliott's Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/elliott-blueberry/index.html.md), [Farkleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/farkleberry/index.html.md), [Fevertree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fevertree/index.html.md), [Flag Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flag-pawpaw/index.html.md), [Flame Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flame-azalea/index.html.md), [Flatwoods Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flatwoods-plum/index.html.md), [Florida Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-anise/index.html.md), [Florida Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-bully/index.html.md), [Florida Flame Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-flame-azalea/index.html.md), [Florida Leucothoe](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-leucothoe/index.html.md), [Florida Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-maple/index.html.md), [Florida Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-swamp-privet/index.html.md), [Florida Torreya](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-torreya/index.html.md), [Florida Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-willow/index.html.md), [Florida Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-yew/index.html.md), [Flowering Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flowering-dogwood/index.html.md), [Four-petal Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/four-petal-pawpaw/index.html.md), [Fragrant Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fragrant-sumac/index.html.md), [Franklin Tree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/franklin-tree/index.html.md), [Fraser Fir](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fraser-fir/index.html.md), [Fraser Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fraser-magnolia/index.html.md), [Georgia Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-bully/index.html.md), [Georgia Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-indigobush/index.html.md), [Georgia Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-oak/index.html.md), [Georgia Plume](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-plume/index.html.md), [Godfrey's Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/godfrey-swamp-privet/index.html.md), [Golden Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/golden-heather/index.html.md), [Golden St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/golden-st-johns-wort/index.html.md), [Granite Gooseberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/granite-gooseberry/index.html.md), [Gray Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-birch/index.html.md), [Gray Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-dogwood/index.html.md), [Green Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/green-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Gum Bumelia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gum-bumelia/index.html.md), [Hairy Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-blueberry/index.html.md), [Hairy Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-laurel/index.html.md), [Harbison's Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/harbison-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Hercules' Club](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hercules-club/index.html.md), [Hillside Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hillside-blueberry/index.html.md), [Hobblebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hobblebush/index.html.md), [Honeycup](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/honeycup/index.html.md), [Hop Hornbeam](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hop-hornbeam/index.html.md), [Hortulan Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hortulan-plum/index.html.md), [Indigobush (False Indigo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/indigobush/index.html.md), [Inkberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/inkberry/index.html.md), [Kentucky Coffeetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/kentucky-coffeetree/index.html.md), [Lanceleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/lanceleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md), [Laurel Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/laurel-oak/index.html.md), [Leadplant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/leadplant/index.html.md), [Little Walnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/little-walnut/index.html.md), [Littlehip Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/littlehip-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Littleleaf Buckbrush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/littleleaf-buckbrush/index.html.md), [Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/live-oak/index.html.md), [Lloyd's St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/lloyd-st-johns-wort/index.html.md), [Loblolly Bay](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/loblolly-bay/index.html.md), [Long-stalked Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/long-stalked-holly/index.html.md), [Longleaf Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/longleaf-pine/index.html.md), [Maleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/maleberry/index.html.md), [Maple-leaf Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/maple-leaf-oak/index.html.md), [Mapleleaf Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mapleleaf-viburnum/index.html.md), [May White Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/may-white-azalea/index.html.md), [Mayhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mayhaw/index.html.md), [Mexican Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mexican-plum/index.html.md), [Miccosukee Gooseberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/miccosukee-gooseberry/index.html.md), [Michaux's Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/michaux-sumac/index.html.md), [Minnie-bush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/minnie-bush/index.html.md), [Mockernut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mockernut-hickory/index.html.md), [Mountain Bush-honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md), [Mountain Camellia (Mountain Stewartia)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-camellia/index.html.md), [Mountain Doghobble](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-doghobble/index.html.md), [Mountain Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-fetterbush/index.html.md), [Mountain Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-indigobush/index.html.md), [Mountain Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-laurel/index.html.md), [Mountain Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-maple/index.html.md), [Mountain Sweetbells](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-sweetbells/index.html.md), [Mountain Winterberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-winterberry/index.html.md), [Mountain Witch Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-witch-alder/index.html.md), [Myrtle Dahoon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-dahoon/index.html.md), [Myrtle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/myrtle-oak/index.html.md), [Nannyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nannyberry/index.html.md), [Nantucket Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nantucket-serviceberry/index.html.md), [Netted Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/netted-pawpaw/index.html.md), [New Jersey Tea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/new-jersey-tea/index.html.md), [Ninebark](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ninebark/index.html.md), [Northern Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-bayberry/index.html.md), [Northern Catalpa](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-catalpa/index.html.md), [Northern Pecan](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pecan/index.html.md), [Northern Pin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-pin-oak/index.html.md), [Northern Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-red-oak/index.html.md), [Northern White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-white-cedar/index.html.md), [Nutmeg Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nutmeg-hickory/index.html.md), [Nuttall Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nuttall-oak/index.html.md), [Oconee Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/oconee-azalea/index.html.md), [Odorless Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/odorless-bayberry/index.html.md), [Ogeechee Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ogeechee-tupelo/index.html.md), [Oglethorpe Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/oglethorpe-oak/index.html.md), [Ohio Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ohio-buckeye/index.html.md), [Ouachita Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ouachita-indigobush/index.html.md), [Overcup Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/overcup-oak/index.html.md), [Ozark Chinquapin](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ozark-chinquapin/index.html.md), [Ozark Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ozark-witch-hazel/index.html.md), [Pagoda Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pagoda-dogwood/index.html.md), [Painted Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/painted-buckeye/index.html.md), [Parsley Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/parsley-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pawpaw/index.html.md), [Pear Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pear-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Piedmont Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piedmont-azalea/index.html.md), [Piedmont Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piedmont-rhododendron/index.html.md), [Pignut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pignut-hickory/index.html.md), [Pin Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-cherry/index.html.md), [Pin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-oak/index.html.md), [Pinkshell Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pinkshell-azalea/index.html.md), [Pinxterbloom Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pinxterbloom-azalea/index.html.md), [Piratebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piratebush/index.html.md), [Plateau Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/plateau-live-oak/index.html.md), [Plumleaf Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/plumleaf-azalea/index.html.md), [Pond Cypress](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pond-cypress/index.html.md), [Pond Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pond-pine/index.html.md), [Pondberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pondberry/index.html.md), [Pondspice](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pondspice/index.html.md), [Possumhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/possumhaw/index.html.md), [Possumhaw Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/possumhaw-viburnum/index.html.md), [Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/post-oak/index.html.md), [Prairie Crabapple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prairie-crabapple/index.html.md), [Prairie Redroot](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prairie-redroot/index.html.md), [Pygmy Fringetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pygmy-fringetree/index.html.md), [Pyramid Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pyramid-magnolia/index.html.md), [Rabbiteye Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rabbiteye-blueberry/index.html.md), [Red Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-buckeye/index.html.md), [Red Chokeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-chokeberry/index.html.md), [Red Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hickory/index.html.md), [Red Hills Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hills-azalea/index.html.md), [Red Mulberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-mulberry/index.html.md), [Red Spruce](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-spruce/index.html.md), [Redbay](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/redbay/index.html.md), [Rhodora](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rhodora/index.html.md), [River Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/river-birch/index.html.md), [Rock Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rock-elm/index.html.md), [Rosebay Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rosebay-rhododendron/index.html.md), [Roughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md), [Roundleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-dogwood/index.html.md), [Roundleaf Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-serviceberry/index.html.md), [Runner Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/runner-oak/index.html.md), [Rusty Blackhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rusty-blackhaw/index.html.md), [Sand Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-cherry/index.html.md), [Sand Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-hickory/index.html.md), [Sand Myrtle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-myrtle/index.html.md), [Sand Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-pine/index.html.md), [Sand Post Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-post-oak/index.html.md), [Sandhill Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sandhill-oak/index.html.md), [Sarvis Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sarvis-holly/index.html.md), [Sassafras](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sassafras/index.html.md), [Scentless Mock Orange](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scentless-mock-orange/index.html.md), [Schwerin's Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/schwerin-indigobush/index.html.md), [Scrub Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scrub-hickory/index.html.md), [Scrub Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scrub-plum/index.html.md), [Seaside Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/seaside-alder/index.html.md), [September Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/september-elm/index.html.md), [Shadblow Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shadblow-serviceberry/index.html.md), [Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shagbark-hickory/index.html.md), [Shellbark Hickory (Kingnut)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shellbark-hickory/index.html.md), [Shingle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shingle-oak/index.html.md), [Shining Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shining-indigobush/index.html.md), [Shumard Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shumard-oak/index.html.md), [Silky Camellia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-camellia/index.html.md), [Silky Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-dogwood/index.html.md), [Silverleaf Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silverleaf-hydrangea/index.html.md), [Slimleaf Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/slimleaf-pawpaw/index.html.md), [Smooth Alder (Swamp Alder)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-alder/index.html.md), [Smooth Winterberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-winterberry/index.html.md), [Smooth-bark St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-bark-st-johns-wort/index.html.md), [Softleaf Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/softleaf-arrowwood/index.html.md), [Sourwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sourwood/index.html.md), [Southern Bush-honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md), [Southern Catalpa](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-catalpa/index.html.md), [Southern Crabapple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-crabapple/index.html.md), [Southern Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-magnolia/index.html.md), [Southern Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-pawpaw/index.html.md), [Southern Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-red-oak/index.html.md), [Southern Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-shagbark-hickory/index.html.md), [Spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spicebush/index.html.md), [Spruce Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spruce-pine/index.html.md), [Staggerbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staggerbush/index.html.md), [Staghorn Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staghorn-sumac/index.html.md), [Strawberry Bush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/strawberry-bush/index.html.md), [Streambank Mock Orange](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/streambank-mock-orange/index.html.md), [Striped Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/striped-maple/index.html.md), [Sugarberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sugarberry/index.html.md), [Swamp Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-azalea/index.html.md), [Swamp Chestnut Oak, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-chestnut-oak/index.html.md), [Swamp Cottonwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-cottonwood/index.html.md), [Swamp Doghobble](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-doghobble/index.html.md), [Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-privet/index.html.md), [Swamp Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-tupelo/index.html.md), [Swamp White Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-white-oak/index.html.md), [Sweet Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-azalea/index.html.md), [Sweet Birch (Black Birch)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-birch/index.html.md), [Sweet Pepperbush (Summersweet)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-pepperbush/index.html.md), [Sweetbay Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweetbay-magnolia/index.html.md), [Sweetleaf](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweetleaf/index.html.md), [Sweetshrub](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweetshrub/index.html.md), [Table Mountain Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/table-mountain-pine/index.html.md), [Texas Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/texas-red-oak/index.html.md), [Three-flower Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/three-flower-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Titi](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/titi/index.html.md), [Tough Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/tough-bully/index.html.md), [Toughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/toughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md), [Turkey Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/turkey-oak/index.html.md), [Two-wing Silverbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/two-wing-silverbell/index.html.md), [Umbrella Magnolia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/umbrella-magnolia/index.html.md), [Upland Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/upland-swamp-privet/index.html.md), [Virginia Spiraea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-spiraea/index.html.md), [Virginia Sweetspire](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-sweetspire/index.html.md), [Walter's Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/walter-viburnum/index.html.md), [Washington Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/washington-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Water Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-elm/index.html.md), [Water Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-hickory/index.html.md), [Water Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-locust/index.html.md), [Water Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/water-tupelo/index.html.md), [Weeping Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/weeping-hawthorn/index.html.md), [Western Mayhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/western-mayhaw/index.html.md), [White Fringetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-fringetree/index.html.md), [White Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-oak/index.html.md), [White Wicky](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-wicky/index.html.md), [Wild Black Currant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/wild-black-currant/index.html.md), [Wild Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/wild-hydrangea/index.html.md), [Willow Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/willow-oak/index.html.md), [Winged Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/winged-elm/index.html.md), [Winterberry Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/winterberry/index.html.md), [Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/witch-hazel/index.html.md), [Woolly Beach Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-beach-heather/index.html.md), [Woolly Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-huckleberry/index.html.md), [Woolly Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-pawpaw/index.html.md), [Yaupon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yaupon/index.html.md), [Yellow Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-anise/index.html.md), [Yellow Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-birch/index.html.md), [Yellow Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-buckeye/index.html.md), [Yellowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellowwood/index.html.md)

## Email me when any of these 6 is ready to order

For Tamarack, Red Elderberry, Squashberry, Canada Buffaloberry, Creeping Juniper, Red Osier Dogwood: one email per plant when it is priced or back in stock, and nothing else.

## How the lists are made

- **Recorded in the state.** The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS Database, the national standard for plant distribution, records a species in a state when a specimen or a published record places it growing there on its own. The lists hold the trees and shrubs we grow that it records in the state.
- **Native there.** PLANTS gives native status for a region, the lower 48 states as one, rather than for each state. So a species native to the East that has escaped from planting in a western state is recorded there as native to the region. A tree or shrub counts as native in a state PLANTS gives it as native, unless a narrower range is on record.
- **A narrower range.** For 95 of our trees and shrubs the records carry the states their native range reaches. They come from the Forest Service's Silvics of North America and range descriptions, NatureServe Explorer's state records, the NRCS plant guides, the Biota of North America Program's atlas and the state floras.
- **How a state is set apart.** A state where NatureServe calls a tree or shrub introduced is set apart when the range on its own page does not reach it. So is a western state where NatureServe has no record of it, far from that range. So is a state clearly outside the native range that Silvics of North America gives.
- **Listed apart.** In a state its native range does not reach, a tree or shrub PLANTS records there is listed apart, under a sentence from its page on its range or on the record. Some trees and shrubs have spread far beyond their native range. Black locust, rose locust and the two catalpas have spread the farthest, each into 32 or 33 other states.
- **Added from another record.** Where the range on a plant page reaches a state PLANTS lacks, the state is added, and its heading names the record that places the tree or shrub there. Bigleaf witch hazel was described in 2006, and PLANTS records it in Alabama and Mississippi only, so its Florida, Georgia and Texas records are NatureServe's. Another 24 trees and shrubs each carry a state or two this way, such as long-stalked holly's Georgia and Tennessee.
- **Introduced.** A species PLANTS lists as introduced to the region is listed as introduced, not native.
- **Not recorded.** The rest of our trees and shrubs, which PLANTS does not record growing wild in the state, are named in the fold under the lists. Many still grow well there when planted.
- **Your zone.** The line under the heading counts the natives rated for the zone this device remembers, by each card's own zones, as the shop's zone filter counts them. Native here does not mean hardy where you are.
- **The order.** The natives come by mature size, from large trees to shrubs. Within each size, Featured is the shop's own order.

A state line is a surveyor's line. A species recorded in the next state, on the same river and the same soil, belongs on your ground as much as anything on this list, and one recorded in your state may be native only to a corner of it. [Why the range maps are wrong](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/range-maps-are-wrong/index.html.md) goes through the errors every range map carries and what to trust instead: herbarium records, state atlases and your own eyes. Each plant page states the native range in words, from the Forest Service's silvics and the state extension services.

Sources: USDA, NRCS. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov), state records read on 2026-09-23. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA. NatureServe. 2026. NatureServe Explorer (https://explorer.natureserve.org), state records read on 2026-10-05. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Burns, R. M. and B. H. Honkala, technical coordinators. 1990. Silvics of North America. Agriculture Handbook 654. USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC.