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Native plants for Nowata County, Oklahoma

108 native plants recorded in Nowata County, Oklahoma

USDA has only 127 plant records of any kind for Nowata County, against 2,420 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 108 below as a floor.

By type: 60 wildflowers and herbs, 11 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 28 trees, 5 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 48 of them (44%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) and 2 more are also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Nowata County

SpotRated to fitRated not toUnrated
Sun all day48060
Half shade331560
Under trees192960
Heavy clay321660
Sandy, drains fast361260
Never watered262260
Stays soggy173160

Sun all day in Nowata County: 48 rated natives

23 trees, 16 wildflowers and herbs, 6 grasses and sedges, 2 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Common blue violet (Viola sororia) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  6. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  7. Pinnate prairie coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Nowata County: 33 rated natives

14 trees, 11 wildflowers and herbs, 5 grasses and sedges, 2 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  2. Pinnate prairie coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  3. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  4. Common blue violet (Viola sororia) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  7. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance
  8. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in Nowata County: 19 rated natives

9 trees, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Pinnate prairie coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
  5. Butterweed (Packera glabella) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth
  6. American plum (Prunus americana) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
  7. Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  8. Strawcolored flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Nowata County: 32 rated natives

14 trees, 13 wildflowers and herbs, 5 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  3. Common blue violet (Viola sororia) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 7.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
  7. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. Inland rush (Juncus interior) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Nowata County: 36 rated natives

19 trees, 10 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 2 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  3. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Pinnate prairie coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
  7. American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 7.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
  8. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Nowata County: 26 rated natives

13 trees, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  2. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Downy yellow violet (Viola pubescens) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
  6. Pinnate prairie coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  7. Upright prairie coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 7.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight

Stays soggy in Nowata County: 17 rated natives

7 trees, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 2 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Nodding lady's tresses (Spiranthes cernua) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  2. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  4. Silver maple (Acer saccharinum) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  5. Inland rush (Juncus interior) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. American bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth
  7. Bearded beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · rapid growth
  8. American plum (Prunus americana) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight

Natives Nowata County has that most of Oklahoma does not

3 natives here are on file in no more than 4 of Oklahoma's 77 counties. A few of them:

Where to start in Nowata County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Nowata County gives you the most rated choice (48 plants), and Common blue violet (Viola sororia) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 17 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 60 unrated natives too.