# Michigan: the native trees and shrubs we grow

> 106 trees and shrubs native to Michigan by the USDA PLANTS records, from 25 large trees to 45 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=MI

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.

## 106 of our 364 trees and shrubs are native to Michigan

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.

## 25 large trees

- [Black Gum (Tupelo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-gum/index.html.md) (*Nyssa sylvatica*): Large tree, Zones 4–9, 40–70 ft, Price on request
- [American Basswood (Linden)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-basswood/index.html.md) (*Tilia americana*): Large tree, Zones 3–8, 60–90 ft, Price on request
- [Kentucky Coffeetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/kentucky-coffeetree/index.html.md) (*Gymnocladus dioicus*): Large tree, Zones 3–8, 60–80 ft, Price on request
- [Blue Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blue-ash/index.html.md) (*Fraxinus quadrangulata*): Large tree, Zones 4–7, 50–70 ft, Price on request
- [Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shagbark-hickory/index.html.md) (*Carya ovata*): Large tree, Zones 4–8, 60–90 ft, Price on request
- [Black Walnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-walnut/index.html.md) (*Juglans nigra*): Large tree, Zones 4–9, 70–100 ft, Price on request
- [Common Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hackberry/index.html.md) (*Celtis occidentalis*): Large tree, Zones 3–9, 40–60 ft, Price on request
- [Mockernut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mockernut-hickory/index.html.md) (*Carya tomentosa*): Large tree, Zones 4–9, 60–80 ft, Price on request
- [Pignut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pignut-hickory/index.html.md) (*Carya glabra*): Large tree, Zones 4–9, 50–80 ft, Price on request
- [Shellbark Hickory (Kingnut)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shellbark-hickory/index.html.md) (*Carya laciniosa*): Large tree, Zones 5–8, 60–80 ft, Price on request
- [Bitternut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bitternut-hickory/index.html.md) (*Carya cordiformis*): Large tree, Zones 4–9, 50–80 ft, Price on request
- [Rock Elm](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rock-elm/index.html.md) (*Ulmus thomasii*): Large tree, Zones 2–9, 70–90 ft, Price on request
- [Black Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus velutina*): Large tree, Zones 3–9, 50–80 ft, Price on request
- [Black Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-maple/index.html.md) (*Acer nigrum*): Large tree, Zones 3–8, 60–75 ft, Price on request
- [Yellow Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-birch/index.html.md) (*Betula alleghaniensis*): Large tree, Zones 3–7, 60–75 ft, Price on request
- [Tamarack](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/tamarack/index.html.md) (*Larix laricina*): Large tree, Zones 2–6, 50–75 ft, Price on request
- [Swamp Cottonwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-cottonwood/index.html.md) (*Populus heterophylla*): Large tree, Zones 6–9, 70–90 ft, Price on request
- [Red Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hickory/index.html.md) (*Carya ovalis*): Large tree, Zones 4–8, 60–100 ft, Price on request
- [American Beech](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-beech/index.html.md) (*Fagus grandifolia*): Large tree, Zones 3–9, 50–80 ft, Price on request
- [Shumard Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shumard-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus shumardii*): Large tree, Zones 5–9, 50–80 ft, Price on request
- [White Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus alba*): Large tree, Zones 3–9, 50–80 ft, Price on request
- [Bur Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bur-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus macrocarpa*): Large tree, Zones 3–8, 60–80 ft, Price on request
- [Black Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-cherry/index.html.md) (*Prunus serotina*): Large tree, Zones 2–9, 50–80 ft, Price on request
- [Northern Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-red-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus rubra*): Large tree, Zones 3–8, 50–75 ft, Price on request
- [Pin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus palustris*): Large tree, Zones 4–8, 50–70 ft, Price on request

## 14 medium trees

- [Hop Hornbeam](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hop-hornbeam/index.html.md) (*Ostrya virginiana*): Medium tree, Zones 3–9, 25–40 ft, Price on request
- [Carolina Silverbell](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-silverbell/index.html.md) (*Halesia tetraptera*): Medium tree, Zones 4–8, 30–40 ft, Price on request
- [Red Mulberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-mulberry/index.html.md) (*Morus rubra*): Medium tree, Zones 4–9, 35–50 ft, Price on request
- [Sassafras](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sassafras/index.html.md) (*Sassafras albidum*): Medium tree, Zones 4–9, 30–60 ft, Price on request
- [Shingle Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shingle-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus imbricaria*): Medium tree, Zones 4–8, 40–60 ft, Price on request
- [Butternut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/butternut/index.html.md) (*Juglans cinerea*): Medium tree, Zones 3–7, 40–60 ft, Price on request
- [Northern Pin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-pin-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus ellipsoidalis*): Medium tree, Zones 3–7, 50–70 ft, Price on request
- [Ohio Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ohio-buckeye/index.html.md) (*Aesculus glabra*): Medium tree, Zones 3–7, 20–40 ft, Price on request
- [Northern White Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-white-cedar/index.html.md) (*Thuja occidentalis*): Medium tree, Zones 2–7, 40–60 ft, Price on request
- [Chestnut Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chestnut-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus montana*): Medium tree, Zones 4–8, 50–70 ft, Price on request
- [Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus muehlenbergii*): Medium tree, Zones 3–8, 40–60 ft, Price on request
- [Swamp White Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-white-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus bicolor*): Medium tree, Zones 3–8, 50–60 ft, Price on request
- [Eastern Red Cedar](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-red-cedar/index.html.md) (*Juniperus virginiana*): Medium tree, Zones 2–9, 30–50 ft, Price on request
- [River Birch](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/river-birch/index.html.md) (*Betula nigra*): Medium tree, Zones 3–9, 40–70 ft, Price on request

## 22 small trees

- [Flowering Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flowering-dogwood/index.html.md) (*Cornus florida*): Small tree, Zones 5–9, 15–30 ft, Price on request
- [Downy Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-serviceberry/index.html.md) (*Amelanchier arborea*): Small tree, Zones 4–9, 15–25 ft, Price on request
- [Allegheny Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-serviceberry/index.html.md) (*Amelanchier laevis*): Small tree, Zones 4–8, 15–25 ft, Price on request
- [Eastern Redbud](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-redbud/index.html.md) (*Cercis canadensis*): Small tree, Zones 4–9, 20–30 ft, Price on request
- [American Hornbeam (Musclewood)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hornbeam/index.html.md) (*Carpinus caroliniana*): Small tree, Zones 3–9, 20–35 ft, Price on request
- [American Mountain Ash](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-mountain-ash/index.html.md) (*Sorbus americana*): Small tree, Zones 2–7, 15–30 ft, Price on request
- [Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pawpaw/index.html.md) (*Asimina triloba*): Small tree, Zones 5–9, 15–30 ft, Price on request
- [American Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-plum/index.html.md) (*Prunus americana*): Small tree, Zones 3–8, 15–25 ft, Price on request
- [American Crabapple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-crabapple/index.html.md) (*Malus coronaria*): Small tree, Zones 4–8, 15–30 ft, Price on request
- [Common Hoptree (Wafer Ash)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-hoptree/index.html.md) (*Ptelea trifoliata*): Small tree, Zones 4–9, 10–20 ft, Price on request
- [American Chestnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-chestnut/index.html.md) (*Castanea dentata*): Small tree, Zones 4–8, 15–30 ft, Price on request
- [Dwarf Hackberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-hackberry/index.html.md) (*Celtis tenuifolia*): Small tree, Zones 4–9, 15–30 ft, Price on request
- [Striped Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/striped-maple/index.html.md) (*Acer pensylvanicum*): Small tree, Zones 3–7, 15–35 ft, Price on request
- [Prairie Crabapple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prairie-crabapple/index.html.md) (*Malus ioensis*): Small tree, Zones 2–8, 20–30 ft, Price on request
- [Cockspur Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cockspur-hawthorn/index.html.md) (*Crataegus crus-galli*): Small tree, Zones 3–8, 20–30 ft, Price on request
- [Downy Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-hawthorn/index.html.md) (*Crataegus mollis*): Small tree, Zones 3–8, 20–40 ft, Price on request
- [Canada Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-plum/index.html.md) (*Prunus nigra*): Small tree, Zones 2–6, 10–30 ft, Price on request
- [Pin Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-cherry/index.html.md) (*Prunus pensylvanica*): Small tree, Zones 2–7, 15–40 ft, Price on request
- [Chokecherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chokecherry/index.html.md) (*Prunus virginiana*): Small tree, Zones 2–10, 20–30 ft, Price on request
- [Pagoda Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pagoda-dogwood/index.html.md) (*Cornus alternifolia*): Small tree, Zones 3–8, 15–25 ft, Price on request
- [Mountain Maple](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-maple/index.html.md) (*Acer spicatum*): Small tree, Zones 2–7, 10–25 ft, Price on request
- [Pear Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pear-hawthorn/index.html.md) (*Crataegus calpodendron*): Small tree, Zones 4–8, 7–23 ft, Price on request

## 45 shrubs

- [Dwarf Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) (*Quercus prinoides*): Shrub, Zones 4–8, 6–15 ft, Price on request
- [American Hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hazelnut/index.html.md) (*Corylus americana*): Shrub, Zones 4–9, 8–12 ft, Price on request
- [Spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spicebush/index.html.md) (*Lindera benzoin*): Shrub, Zones 4–9, 6–12 ft, Price on request
- [Nannyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nannyberry/index.html.md) (*Viburnum lentago*): Shrub, Zones 2–8, 12–18 ft, Price on request
- [Blackhaw Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackhaw/index.html.md) (*Viburnum prunifolium*): Shrub, Zones 3–9, 12–15 ft, Price on request
- [Black Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-huckleberry/index.html.md) (*Gaylussacia baccata*): Shrub, Zones 3–7, 1–3 ft, Price on request
- [Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/witch-hazel/index.html.md) (*Hamamelis virginiana*): Shrub, Zones 3–8, 12–20 ft, Price on request
- [Bladdernut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bladdernut/index.html.md) (*Staphylea trifolia*): Shrub, Zones 4–8, 8–15 ft, Price on request
- [Black Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-elderberry/index.html.md) (*Sambucus canadensis*): Shrub, Zones 3–9, 6–12 ft, Price on request
- [Red Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-elderberry/index.html.md) (*Sambucus racemosa*): Shrub, Zones 3–7, 8–12 ft, Price on request
- [Ninebark](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ninebark/index.html.md) (*Physocarpus opulifolius*): Shrub, Zones 2–8, 5–10 ft, Price on request
- [Eastern Leatherwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-leatherwood/index.html.md) (*Dirca palustris*): Shrub, Zones 4–9, 3–6 ft, Price on request
- [Staghorn Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staghorn-sumac/index.html.md) (*Rhus typhina*): Shrub, Zones 3–8, 15–25 ft, Price on request
- [Leadplant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/leadplant/index.html.md) (*Amorpha canescens*): Shrub, Zones 2–8, 1–3 ft, Price on request
- [Winterberry Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/winterberry/index.html.md) (*Ilex verticillata*): Shrub, Zones 3–9, 6–12 ft, Price on request
- [Black Chokeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-chokeberry/index.html.md) (*Aronia melanocarpa*): Shrub, Zones 3–8, 3–6 ft, Price on request
- [Silky Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-dogwood/index.html.md) (*Cornus amomum*): Shrub, Zones 4–8, 6–12 ft, Price on request
- [New Jersey Tea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/new-jersey-tea/index.html.md) (*Ceanothus americanus*): Shrub, Zones 4–8, 2–3 ft, Price on request
- [Gray Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-dogwood/index.html.md) (*Cornus racemosa*): Shrub, Zones 4–8, 4–10 ft, Price on request
- [Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-prickly-ash/index.html.md) (*Zanthoxylum americanum*): Shrub, Zones 3–8, 10–20 ft, Price on request
- [Beaked Hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beaked-hazelnut/index.html.md) (*Corylus cornuta*): Shrub, Zones 3–8, 4–10 ft, Price on request
- [Allegheny Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-plum/index.html.md) (*Prunus alleghaniensis*): Shrub, Zones 4–8, 3–20 ft, Price on request
- [Bartram's Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bartram-serviceberry/index.html.md) (*Amelanchier bartramiana*): Shrub, Zones 2–7, 2–8 ft, Price on request
- [Mapleleaf Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mapleleaf-viburnum/index.html.md) (*Viburnum acerifolium*): Shrub, Zones 3–8, 3–6 ft, Price on request
- [Roughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) (*Cornus drummondii*): Shrub, Zones 5–8, 6–15 ft, Price on request
- [Hillside Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hillside-blueberry/index.html.md) (*Vaccinium pallidum*): Shrub, Zones 5–9, 1–3 ft, Price on request
- [Wild Black Currant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/wild-black-currant/index.html.md) (*Ribes americanum*): Shrub, Zones 3–7, 3–6 ft, Price on request
- [Fragrant Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fragrant-sumac/index.html.md) (*Rhus aromatica*): Shrub, Zones 3–9, 2–6 ft, Price on request
- [Canada Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-yew/index.html.md) (*Taxus canadensis*): Shrub, Zones 2–7, 3–6 ft, Price on request
- [Catberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/catberry/index.html.md) (*Ilex mucronata*): Shrub, Zones 3–7, 3–10 ft, Price on request
- [Woolly Beach Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-beach-heather/index.html.md) (*Hudsonia tomentosa*): Shrub, Zones 2–8, 1–2 ft, Price on request
- [Sand Cherry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-cherry/index.html.md) (*Prunus pumila*): Shrub, Zones 3–6, 1–8 ft, Price on request
- [Roundleaf Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-serviceberry/index.html.md) (*Amelanchier sanguinea*): Shrub, Zones 2–8, 3–23 ft, Price on request
- [Climbing Prairie Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-prairie-rose/index.html.md) (*Rosa setigera*): Shrub, Zones 4–8, 3–15 ft, Price on request
- [Prairie Redroot](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prairie-redroot/index.html.md) (*Ceanothus herbaceus*): Shrub, Zones 4–8, 2–3 ft, Price on request
- [Alderleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alderleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md) (*Rhamnus alnifolia*): Shrub, Zones 3–7, 2–5 ft, Price on request
- [American Fly Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-fly-honeysuckle/index.html.md) (*Lonicera canadensis*): Shrub, Zones 3–7, 3–6 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
- [Downy Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-arrowwood/index.html.md) (*Viburnum rafinesqueanum*): Shrub, Zones 3–8, 3–10 ft, Price on request
- [Roundleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) (*Cornus rugosa*): Shrub, Zones 2–8, 3–10 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
- [Eastern Wahoo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-wahoo/index.html.md) (*Euonymus atropurpureus*): Shrub, Zones 3–9, 6–20 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
- [Buttonbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/buttonbush/index.html.md) (*Cephalanthus occidentalis*): Shrub, Zones 4–10, 5–12 ft, Price on request

## Native only to part of the country

PLANTS records these growing wild in Michigan, but their native range does not reach it. Each has spread here from planting or rests on an old or mistaken record. The sentence under each gives its native range or the reason.

**[Black Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-locust/index.html.md)** (*Robinia pseudoacacia*)

It grows wild in two blocks, the Appalachians from central Pennsylvania and southern Ohio south to northern Georgia and Alabama, and the Ozarks of Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma. It has since spread across the country.

**[Northern Catalpa](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-catalpa/index.html.md)** (*Catalpa speciosa*)

Its native ground is a small area of the central Mississippi Valley in western Tennessee, northeast Arkansas, eastern Missouri, western Kentucky and southern Illinois and Indiana. After 200 years of planting it grows across most eastern states.

**[Washington Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/washington-hawthorn/index.html.md)** (*Crataegus phaenopyrum*)

It grows wild from Virginia south to Georgia and Alabama and west to Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas, in low swamps and river bottoms in the east and on mountain ridges farther west.

**[Indigobush (False Indigo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/indigobush/index.html.md)** (*Amorpha fruticosa*)

It fruits freely, birds and water carry it, and it has made a nuisance of itself along rivers outside its home range.

**[Bristly Locust (Rose Locust)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rose-locust/index.html.md)** (*Robinia hispida*)

It grows wild in the mountains from Virginia to Kentucky and south to Georgia and Alabama, in open woods, on mountain slopes and on sand hills, and it has spread far beyond that range.

**[Clammy Locust](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clammy-locust/index.html.md)** (*Robinia viscosa*)

It is probably native only to the mountains of western North Carolina and Tennessee, and perhaps nearby states, at 500 to 4,000 feet. Planted for its flowers, it has escaped and spread far beyond that range, north to Nova Scotia and west to Wisconsin.

**[Southern Catalpa](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-catalpa/index.html.md)** (*Catalpa bignonioides*)

Its native ground is the Gulf coastal plain, from southwest Georgia and the Florida panhandle west through Alabama and Mississippi to Louisiana. After three centuries of planting it grows wild across most of the East.

### 251 of our trees and shrubs are not recorded in Michigan

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), [Allegheny Chinquapin](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/allegheny-chinquapin/index.html.md), [American Beautyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-beautyberry/index.html.md), [American Holly, select line](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-holly/index.html.md), [American Persimmon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-persimmon/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), [Beach Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/beach-plum/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), [Black Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-hickory/index.html.md), [Blackjack Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackjack-oak/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), [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), [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 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), [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), [Chickasaw Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chickasaw-plum/index.html.md), [Chinese Chestnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chinese-chestnut/index.html.md), [Cinnamon Clethra](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cinnamon-clethra/index.html.md), [Climbing Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-fetterbush/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), [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), [Durand Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/durand-oak/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), [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), [Four-petal Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/four-petal-pawpaw/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), [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), [Hobblebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hobblebush/index.html.md), [Honeycup](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/honeycup/index.html.md), [Hortulan Plum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hortulan-plum/index.html.md), [Inkberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/inkberry/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), [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), [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), [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 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), [Nantucket Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nantucket-serviceberry/index.html.md), [Netted Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/netted-pawpaw/index.html.md), [Northern Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-bayberry/index.html.md), [Northern Pecan](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pecan/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), [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), [Painted Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/painted-buckeye/index.html.md), [Parsley Hawthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/parsley-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), [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), [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 Hills Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hills-azalea/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), [Rosebay Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rosebay-rhododendron/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 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), [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), [Shining Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shining-indigobush/index.html.md), [Silky Camellia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-camellia/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 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), [Spruce Pine](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spruce-pine/index.html.md), [Staggerbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staggerbush/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), [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 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), [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), [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 Wicky](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-wicky/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), [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 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 12 is ready to order

For Black Gum (Tupelo), American Basswood (Linden), Kentucky Coffeetree, Blue Ash, Shagbark Hickory, Black Walnut, Common Hackberry, Mockernut Hickory, Pignut Hickory, Shellbark Hickory (Kingnut), Bitternut Hickory, Rock Elm: 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.