Native plants for Wicomico County, Maryland
208 native plants recorded in Wicomico County, Maryland
The USDA plant database has 240 plants recorded growing wild in Wicomico County. 208 of them are native to the lower 48, and 8 are introduced species that this page leaves out.
By type: 86 wildflowers and herbs, 97 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 6 low woody plants, 10 trees, 5 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 51 of them (25%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Robert geranium (Geranium robertianum) and Common reed (Phragmites australis) are also recorded as introduced.
What fits each kind of spot in Wicomico County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 51 | 0 | 157 |
| Half shade | 35 | 16 | 157 |
| Under trees | 15 | 36 | 157 |
| Heavy clay | 39 | 12 | 157 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 31 | 20 | 157 |
| Never watered | 12 | 39 | 157 |
| Stays soggy | 41 | 10 | 157 |
Sun all day in Wicomico County: 51 rated natives
27 grasses and sedges, 11 wildflowers and herbs, 9 trees, 3 shrubs, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Pine barren goldenrod (Solidago fistulosa) 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 - Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - American cupscale (Sacciolepis striata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Half shade in Wicomico County: 35 rated natives
18 grasses and sedges, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 7 trees, 1 vines, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - 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 - Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - American cupscale (Sacciolepis striata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Beaked spikerush (Eleocharis rostellata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Shortbristle horned beaksedge (Rhynchospora corniculata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Wicomico County: 15 rated natives
6 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 trees, 1 vines, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - 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 - Beaked spikerush (Eleocharis rostellata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Shortbristle horned beaksedge (Rhynchospora corniculata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Torrey's rush (Juncus torreyi) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Shortbeard plumegrass (Saccharum brevibarbe) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · about 6.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Wicomico County: 39 rated natives
22 grasses and sedges, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 6 trees, 3 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Pine barren goldenrod (Solidago fistulosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Beaked spikerush (Eleocharis rostellata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Coral greenbrier (Smilax walteri) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Woolly rosette grass (Dichanthelium scabriusculum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - American cupscale (Sacciolepis striata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Crowned beggarticks (Bidens coronata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.4 ft mature · rapid growth
Sandy, drains fast in Wicomico County: 31 rated natives
12 grasses and sedges, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 7 trees, 3 shrubs, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Pine barren goldenrod (Solidago fistulosa) 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 - Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Beaked spikerush (Eleocharis rostellata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Never watered in Wicomico County: 12 rated natives
5 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 2 trees, 1 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 - Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
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 - Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · 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 - American cupscale (Sacciolepis striata) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Stays soggy in Wicomico County: 41 rated natives
24 grasses and sedges, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 6 trees, 3 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- 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 - 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 - Pine barren goldenrod (Solidago fistulosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Bristlystalked sedge (Carex leptalea) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Coral greenbrier (Smilax walteri) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Greater bladder sedge (Carex intumescens) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
Natives Wicomico County has that most of Maryland does not
10 natives here are on file in no more than 1 of Maryland's 24 counties. A few of them:
- Tropical waterhyssop (Bacopa innominata): only here
- Plukenet's flatsedge (Cyperus plukenetii): only here
- Wright's rosette grass (Dichanthelium wrightianum): only here
- Flattened pipewort (Eriocaulon compressum): only here
- Elliott's rush (Juncus elliottii): only here
- Pondspice (Litsea aestivalis): only here
- Pine barren stitchwort (Minuartia caroliniana): only here
- Carolina leaf-flower (Phyllanthus caroliniensis): only here
- Canby's bulrush (Schoenoplectus etuberculatus): only here
- Java-bean (Senna obtusifolia): only here
Where to start in Wicomico County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Wicomico County gives you the most rated choice (51 plants), and Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) is the easiest start on that list. Never watered is the hard one here: 12 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 157 unrated natives too.