North America
Native Plants of Tennessee
916 plants are native to Tennessee in our database (native range from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants). Explore the species below, then study them with region-filtered flashcards and quizzes.
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Tennessee's native flora
- Abies fraseriFraser firPinaceae
- Acalypha persimilishornbeam copperleafEuphorbiaceae
- Acalypha rhomboideacommon three-seeded mercuryEuphorbiaceae
- Acer negundoBox elderSapindaceae
- Acer nigrumblack mapleSapindaceae
- Acer pensylvanicumstriped mapleSapindaceae
- Acer rubrumred mapleSapindaceae
- Acer rubrum 'October Glory'october glory red maple treeSapindaceae
- Acer saccharinumsilver mapleSapindaceae
- Acer saccharumsugar mapleSapindaceae
- Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain'green mountain sugar maple treeSapindaceae
- Acer spicatummountain mapleSapindaceae
- Acmella repensoppositeleaf spotflowerAsteraceae
- Acmispon americanusSpanish cloverFabaceae
- Actaea pachypodawhite baneberryRanunculaceae
- Actaea racemosablack cohoshRanunculaceae
- Adiantum capillus-venerisblack maidenhair fernPteridaceae
- Adiantum pedatumnorthern maidenhair fernPteridaceae
- Aesculus flavayellow buckeyeSapindaceae
- Aesculus glabraOhio buckeyeSapindaceae
- Aesculus paviared buckeyeSapindaceae
- Agalinis purpureapurple false foxgloveOrobanchaceae
- Agalinis tenuifoliaslender false foxgloveOrobanchaceae
- Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate'chocolate white snakerootAsteraceae
- Agrimonia gryposepalatall hairy agrimonyRosaceae
- Agrimonia parvifloraswamp agrimonyRosaceae
- Allium canadenseCanadian meadow garlicAmaryllidaceae
- Allium cernuumnodding onionAmaryllidaceae
- Allium tricoccumwide leekAmaryllidaceae
- Alnus alnobetulagreen alderBetulaceae
- Alnus serrulatasmooth alderBetulaceae
- Ambrosia artemisiifoliacommon ragweedAsteraceae
- Ambrosia psilostachyawestern ragweedAsteraceae
- Ambrosia trifidagiant ragweedAsteraceae
- Amelanchier arboreacommon serviceberryRosaceae
- Amorpha fruticosafalse indigo bushFabaceae
- Ampelopsis cordataheart leaf peppervineVitaceae
- Amphiachyris dracunculoidesprairie broomweedAsteraceae
- Amphicarpaea bracteataAmerican hog-peanutFabaceae
- Amsonia tabernaemontanaeastern bluestarApocynaceae
- Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifoliawillow-leaf bluestarApocynaceae
- Anaphalis margaritaceapearly everlastingAsteraceae
- Anatherum virginicumbroomsedge bluestemPoaceae
- Andersonglossum virginianumwild comfreyBoraginaceae
- Andropogon gerardibig bluestemPoaceae
- Andropogon gerardiibig bluestemPoaceae
- Anemonastrum canadensecanada anemoneRanunculaceae
- Anemone virginianatall thimbleweedRanunculaceae
- Angelica atropurpureapurple-stemmed angelicaApiaceae
- Antennaria parliniiParlin's pussytoesAsteraceae
- Antennaria plantaginifoliaplantain-leaved pussytoesAsteraceae
- Anticlea elegansmountain deathcamasMelanthiaceae
- Apios americanaAmerican groundnutFabaceae
- Aplectrum hyemaleputty rootOrchidaceae
- Apocynum androsaemifoliumspreading dogbaneApocynaceae
- Apocynum cannabinumhemp dogbaneApocynaceae
- Apocynum × floribundumintermediate dogbaneApocynaceae
- Aquilegia canadensiswild columbineRanunculaceae
- Arabidopsis lyratalyreleaf rockcressBrassicaceae
- Aralia nudicauliswild sarsaparillaAraliaceae