Native plants for Perquimans County, North Carolina
272 native plants recorded in Perquimans County, North Carolina
The USDA plant database has 377 plants recorded growing wild in Perquimans County. 272 of them are native to the lower 48, and 38 are introduced species that this page leaves out.
By type: 152 wildflowers and herbs, 52 grasses and sedges, 18 shrubs, 9 low woody plants, 32 trees, 9 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 114 of them (42%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and 6 more are also recorded as introduced.
What fits each kind of spot in Perquimans County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 114 | 0 | 158 |
| Half shade | 75 | 39 | 158 |
| Under trees | 43 | 71 | 158 |
| Heavy clay | 84 | 30 | 158 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 67 | 47 | 158 |
| Never watered | 32 | 82 | 158 |
| Stays soggy | 72 | 42 | 158 |
Sun all day in Perquimans County: 114 rated natives
42 wildflowers and herbs, 29 grasses and sedges, 25 trees, 10 shrubs, 6 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Dwarf azalea (Rhododendron atlanticum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Canada germander (Teucrium canadense) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Halberdleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
Half shade in Perquimans County: 75 rated natives
28 wildflowers and herbs, 23 grasses and sedges, 15 trees, 5 shrubs, 3 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Canada germander (Teucrium canadense) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Halberdleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Smooth beggartick (Bidens laevis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Under trees in Perquimans County: 43 rated natives
16 wildflowers and herbs, 13 grasses and sedges, 8 trees, 3 shrubs, 2 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - American cupscale (Sacciolepis striata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Arrowleaf tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Blunt spikerush (Eleocharis obtusa) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.9 ft mature · moderate growth - Devil's walkingstick (Aralia spinosa) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Common rush (Juncus effusus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Perquimans County: 84 rated natives
34 wildflowers and herbs, 25 grasses and sedges, 14 trees, 5 shrubs, 4 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Smooth beggartick (Bidens laevis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Canada germander (Teucrium canadense) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Halberdleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Perquimans County: 67 rated natives
23 wildflowers and herbs, 19 trees, 14 grasses and sedges, 7 shrubs, 4 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Dwarf azalea (Rhododendron atlanticum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Smooth beggartick (Bidens laevis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Eastern teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.5 ft mature · perennial - Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Never watered in Perquimans County: 32 rated natives
11 wildflowers and herbs, 7 trees, 6 shrubs, 6 grasses and sedges, 2 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Dwarf azalea (Rhododendron atlanticum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Eastern teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.5 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Needleleaf rosette grass (Dichanthelium aciculare) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
Stays soggy in Perquimans County: 72 rated natives
31 wildflowers and herbs, 23 grasses and sedges, 9 trees, 6 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- American lotus (Nelumbo lutea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Bluntleaf bedstraw (Galium obtusum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Cursed buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Sharpwing monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Canada germander (Teucrium canadense) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Crimsoneyed rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Halberdleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
Natives Perquimans County has that most of North Carolina does not
7 natives here are on file in no more than 5 of North Carolina's 100 counties. A few of them:
- Columbian watermeal (Wolffia columbiana): 2 counties
- Waterplantain spearwort (Ranunculus ambigens): 3 counties
- Sevenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum): 4 counties
- Longleaf pondweed (Potamogeton nodosus): 5 counties
- Spineless hornwort (Ceratophyllum echinatum): 5 counties
- Common bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza): 5 counties
- Brazilian watermeal (Wolffia brasiliensis): 5 counties
Where to start in Perquimans County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Perquimans County gives you the most rated choice (114 plants), and Climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa) is the easiest start on that list. Never watered is the hard one here: 32 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 158 unrated natives too.