vascular plants

What vascular plants are native to NC by county?

A little about plant (fern taxonomy)

Ferns that are native and common in NC

Ferns that are native but uncommon in NC

    NC Herbarium's list of common ferns of NC

    Gardenia.net list of native Ferns of NC

    NC Native Plant Society's list of favorite ferns in NC

    NC Native Fern Genera

    Ferns, Spikemosses, Clubmosses and Quillworts of Eastern North America

    Vascular Plants of North Carolina

Ground covers native to NC

  Chrysogonum virginianum (distribution)

  Packera aurea 

  Phyla nodiflora

NC Native

• Aconitum uncinatum (native to Orange County, NC) 
• Aquilegia canadensis
• Corydalis flavula
• Lobelia cardinalis (native to Orange County, NC)
• Lobelia georgiana (native to Orange County, NC)
• Lobelia inflata (native to Orange County, NC) 
• Lobelia nuttallii (native to Orange County, NC)
• Aquilegia canadensis (native to Orange County, NC)

Introduced to NC 

• Wishbone Flower (Torenia fournieri) introduced to NC
• Periwinkle (Vinca minor) introduced to NC

Non Native

• Foxglove (Digitalis Grandiflora) non-native, hardy zone 3-8
• Hyacinthoides non-scripta