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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Tennessee. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Acer negundo | Ash-leaf maple Ash-leaved maple Box elder Boxelder Fresno de guajuco | |
| Acer pensylvanicum | Striped maple Moosewood | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar maple Northern sugar maple | |
| Aesculus pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Ageratina altissima var. altissima | White snakeroot | |
| Amelanchier arborea | Common serviceberry Downy serviceberry Shadbush Juneberry | |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern bluestar Blue dogbane Willow amsonia Woodland bluestar | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Aralia spinosa | Devil's walkingstick Devil’s walking-stick Prickly Ash Hercules club Angelica tree | |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp milkweed Pink Milkweed | |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw Common paw paw Indian banana | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Baptisia australis | Blue wild indigo Wild blue indigo Blue false indigo | |
| Betula lenta | Sweet birch Cherry birch Black birch Mahogany birch | |
| Betula nigra | River birch Red birch | |
| Carya alba | Mockernut hickory Big bud hickory | |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry | |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam Blue beech Musclewood Ironwood | |
| Carya cordiformis | Bitternut hickory Swamp hickory | |
| Carya glabra | Pignut hickory | |
| Castanea pumila | Chinkapin Allegheny chinquapin Allegheny-chinkapin Chinquapin | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Catalpa speciosa | Northern catalpa Catawba tree Cigar tree Indian bean | |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey tea Redroot | |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud Redbud | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common buttonbush Buttonbush Button willow | |
| Chionanthus virginicus | White fringetree Fringe tree Grancy Graybeard | |
| Cornus alternifolia | Alternateleaf dogwood Alternate-leaf dogwood Pagoda dogwood | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood Virginia dogwood | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis Lanceleaf tickseed Lance-leaved coreopsis Sand coreopsis | |
| Comptonia peregrina | Sweet fern Sweet-fern | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis Golden tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Coreopsis verticillata | Threadleaf coreopsis Whorled tickseed Whorled coreopsis | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common persimmon Eastern persimmon | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern purple coneflower Purple coneflower | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Button eryngo Button snakeroot Rattlesnake master Beargrass Bear's grass | |
| Euonymus americanus | American strawberry-bush Strawberry bush Brook euonymus Hearts-a-burstin Bursting-heart Wahoo | |
| Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus | Trumpetweed Queen of the meadow Hollow Joe-pye weed Joe-pye weed | |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | |
| Fraxinus americana | White ash | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina jessamine Yellow jessamine Evening trumpetflower Poor man's rope | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel American witch hazel | |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp sunflower | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimsoneyed rosemallow Crimson-eyed rose-mallow Marshmallow hibiscus | |
| Hydrangea arborescens | Wild hydrangea Sevenbark | |
| Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby St. Johnswort | |
| Ilex opaca | American holly Christmas holly | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel Calico bush Kalmia | |
| Lindera benzoin | Northern spicebush Spicebush | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted blazing star Dotted gayfeather | |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Kansas Ggayfeather Cat-tail Gayfeather Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense blazing star Dense gayfeather Marsh blazing star | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip tree Tulip poplar Yellow poplar | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great blue lobelia | |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial lupine Wild lupine | |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber tree Mountain magnolia | |
| Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf magnolia | |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay magnolia Swampbay Swamp magnolia Small magnolia | |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia bluebells | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet beebalm Oswego tea Red bergamot | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted beebalm Spotted horsemint Horsemint | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum Black tupelo Sourgum Tupelo Pepperridge | |
| Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf evening-primrose Narrow-leaf evening-primrose Sundrops | |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel tree | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Penstemon canescens | Eastern gray beardtongue | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi penstemon Smooth white beardtongue Talus slope penstemon Foxglove beardtongue | |
| Penstemon laevigatus | Eastern smooth beardtongue Smooth beardtongue Eastern beardtongue Hairy beardtongue | |
| Penstemon smallii | Small's beardtongue Small's penstemon | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox Louisiana phlox Blue woodland phlox Sweet william Wild sweet william | |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Atlantic ninebark Common ninebark | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Pinus pungens | Table Mountain pine Hickory pine Prickly pine | |
| Pinus rigida | Pitch pine Torch pine | |
| Picea rubens | Red spruce | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly pine Old field pine Bull pine Rosemary pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia pine Jersey pine Scrub pine | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Polemonium reptans | Greek valerian Greek-valerian Jacob's Ladder | |
| Prunus americana | American plum Wild plum | |
| Prunus serotina | Black cherry Rum cherry | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer ash Common hoptree Hop tree | |
| Quercus alba | White oak Northern white oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus palustris | Pin oak Swamp Spanish oak | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow oak | |
| Quercus rubra | Northern red oak | |
| Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame azalea | |
| Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba rosebay Purple rhododendron Red laurel Catawba rhododendron Mountain rosebay | |
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