Attracting Wildlife With Native Plants

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Native plants are an important addition to any wildlife garden. They are well adapted to survive in a particular geographic area according to the climate, soils, rainfall and availability of pollinators and seed dispersers.

Because they are indigenous to a specific region, native plants usually require little maintenance and are welcomed by wildlife, serving an important role in the local ecosystem.

Using non-native plants--or "invasive" species--can cause serious problems for an ecosystem, as invasives can outcompete native species for habitat and food, changing the landscape of an area forever.

What's Native to Your Area?

	Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's Native Plant Information Network - This site allows you to search for native plant info by traits or names.
	American Beauties Native Plants® - To help make shopping for native plants easier, NWF has partnered with garden centers in select locations across the U.S. to carry a special line of American Beauties Native Plants. Look for retailers in your area and check out our four ready-to-plant landscape plans.

Top 10 Native Plants by Region

There are hundreds of plants native to the many different ecoregions of the United States, which might make it hard to know where to start when it comes to deciding what plants might work in your yard. To help, we've put together the top 10 common native plants by region.

Click on your state to find out which plants made our list:

Alaska | Midwest | Pacific Northwest | Northeast | Rocky Mountains | Southeast | Southwest

AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | FL | GA | ID | IL | IN | IA | KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VT | VA | WA | WV | WI | WY

Note: We have not provided a native plant list for Hawaii because the plant diversity changes from island to island.

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