West Virginia / Grow
Plants in West Virginia
Plant evidence Scoped by documented range and hardiness — independent of any construction code.
Hollow to ridgetop, West Virginia holds 793 documented records in 388 plant groups, zones 5b through 7a.
Mountain aspect changes everything a zone map can't see; the split shows each group's cited tally record by record, and narrowing by sun does the aspect work the map leaves out.
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Plant groups documented in West Virginia
Oaks22 listed fire-resistant2 to keep away1 conflict
Pines19 to keep away1 not yet classified
Maples14 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Plums12 listed fire-resistant1 conflict3 not yet classified
Rhododendron9 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 conflict3 not yet classified
Viburnum12 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 conflict
Dogwoods11 listed fire-resistant
Hollies3 listed fire-resistant4 to keep away2 conflicts2 not yet classified
Goldenrods1 listed fire-resistant10 not yet classified
Magnolia6 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away2 not yet classified
Apples3 listed fire-resistant6 not yet classified
Roses3 listed fire-resistant2 conflicts4 not yet classified
Willows6 listed fire-resistant2 conflicts1 not yet classified
Birches7 listed fire-resistant1 conflict
Hawthorns7 listed fire-resistant
Honeysuckles5 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Hybrid Hickories5 listed fire-resistant1 conflict
Tickseeds3 listed fire-resistant3 not yet classified
Ashes5 listed fire-resistant1 conflict
Elms6 listed fire-resistant
Buckeyes5 listed fire-resistant
Spindletrees3 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Junipers5 to keep away
Phlox4 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Cottonwoods5 listed fire-resistant
Spireas5 listed fire-resistant
Basswoods5 listed fire-resistant
Blueberries4 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Firs3 to keep away1 not yet classified- Bentgrass4 not yet classified
Alders3 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Serviceberries4 listed fire-resistant
Milkweeds3 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Cedars2 to keep away2 conflicts
Hazelnuts4 listed fire-resistant
Thoroughworts3 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Fescues3 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Hydrangea4 listed fire-resistant
Privets2 listed fire-resistant1 conflict1 not yet classified
Spruces4 to keep away
Sumacs4 listed fire-resistant
Currants2 listed fire-resistant2 not yet classified
Coneflowers3 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Asters2 listed fire-resistant2 not yet classified
Clovers3 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Aster3 not yet classified
Barberries2 listed fire-resistant1 conflict
Teas1 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Sedges2 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Chestnuts2 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Cedars2 to keep away1 conflict
Hackberries3 listed fire-resistant
Leather Flowers1 to keep away1 conflict1 not yet classified
Persimmons1 listed fire-resistant2 not yet classified
Oleasters1 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 conflict
Bedstraws1 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Huckleberries1 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Witchhazels2 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Sunflowers1 listed fire-resistant2 not yet classified
Walnuts3 listed fire-resistant
Laurels2 to keep away1 not yet classified
Lobelia1 listed fire-resistant2 not yet classified
Ryegrass2 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Mulberries3 listed fire-resistant
Devilwoods2 to keep away1 not yet classified
Elderberries3 listed fire-resistant
Greenbriers1 conflict2 not yet classified
Yews3 conflicts
Wisteria1 listed fire-resistant2 to keep away
Yarrows2 listed fire-resistant
Peppervines2 to keep away
Columbines2 listed fire-resistant
Dutchman's Pipes1 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away
Chokeberries2 listed fire-resistant
Wild Indigos2 not yet classified
Boxwoods1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Beautyberries2 listed fire-resistant
Hornbeams2 listed fire-resistant
Catalpa1 listed fire-resistant1 conflict
Ceanothus2 listed fire-resistant
Bittersweets1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Flowering Quinces2 listed fire-resistant
Sweetpepperbushes1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Cotoneaster1 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away
Cypress2 to keep away
Hairgrass1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Pinks2 listed fire-resistant
Bush Honeysuckles2 listed fire-resistant
Asters1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Forsythia2 not yet classified
Witchalders1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Silverbells2 listed fire-resistant
Rosemallows1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Iris2 listed fire-resistant
Rushes2 not yet classified
Lagerstroemia2 listed fire-resistant
Larches1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Peas1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified- Lespedeza2 not yet classified
Doghobbles2 to keep away
Blazing Stars2 not yet classified
Flaxes2 listed fire-resistant
Beebalms1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Sweetgales1 conflict1 not yet classified
Tupelos2 listed fire-resistant
Evening Primroses1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Hophornbeams1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Creepers2 listed fire-resistant
Passionflowers1 listed fire-resistant1 conflict
Beardtongues2 not yet classified
Date Palms2 to keep away
Chokeberries1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Fetterbushes1 to keep away1 conflict
Plantains2 listed fire-resistant
Sycamores1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Bluegrass2 listed fire-resistant
Solomon's Seals2 listed fire-resistant
Knotweeds1 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away
Mountainmints1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Pears1 listed fire-resistant1 conflict
Raphiolepis1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Buckthorns1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Locusts1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Blackberries1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Docks2 listed fire-resistant
Sages2 not yet classified
Bulrushes2 listed fire-resistant
Stonecrops2 listed fire-resistant
Mountain Ashes2 listed fire-resistant
Stewartia1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Snowberries2 listed fire-resistant
Bald Cypress1 to keep away1 conflict
Arborvitaes2 conflicts
Torreya2 to keep away- Poison Oaks1 to keep away1 not yet classified
Hemlocks2 to keep away
Vetches1 listed fire-resistant1 to keep away
Periwinkles2 listed fire-resistant
Violets2 listed fire-resistant
Yucca1 listed fire-resistant1 not yet classified
Pricklyashes2 not yet classified
Abelia1 conflict
Actinidia1 to keep away
Goutweeds1 listed fire-resistant
Ailanthus1 to keep away
Bugles1 listed fire-resistant
Chocolate Vines1 to keep away
Albizia1 listed fire-resistant
Hollyhocks1 not yet classified
Alliaria1 to keep away
Onions1 listed fire-resistant
Foxtails1 not yet classified
False Indigos1 listed fire-resistant
Pearly Everlastings1 listed fire-resistant
Bog Rosemaries1 listed fire-resistant
Bluestems1 to keep away
Hornworts1 not yet classified
Dogbanes1 listed fire-resistant
Spikenards1 listed fire-resistant
Manzanitas1 listed fire-resistant
Jack In The Pulpits1 listed fire-resistant
Oatgrass1 not yet classified
Sagebrushes1 listed fire-resistant
Aruncus1 not yet classified
Canes1 to keep away
Giant Reeds1 to keep away
Wildgingers1 listed fire-resistant
Pawpaws1 listed fire-resistant- Asparagus1 not yet classified
Acubas1 listed fire-resistant- Oats1 not yet classified
Baccharis1 to keep away
Beggarticks1 not yet classified
Bignonia1 to keep away
Bromes1 not yet classified
Broussonetia1 to keep away
Butterflybushes1 listed fire-resistant
Bottlebrushes1 conflict
Heathers1 to keep away
Sweetshrubs1 listed fire-resistant
False Bindweeds1 listed fire-resistant
Bellflowers1 listed fire-resistant
Campsis1 listed fire-resistant
Peashrubs1 not yet classified
Knapweeds1 not yet classified
Buttonbushes1 listed fire-resistant
Cephalotaxus1 to keep away
Katsura Trees1 listed fire-resistant
Redbuds1 listed fire-resistant
Sensitive Peas1 not yet classified
Leatherleafs1 to keep away- Woodoats1 not yet classified
Fringetrees1 listed fire-resistant
Chrysogonum1 listed fire-resistant
Chicories1 listed fire-resistant
Cimicifuga1 not yet classified
Watermelons1 listed fire-resistant
Yellowwoods1 listed fire-resistant
Clerodendron1 listed fire-resistant- Coleataenia1 not yet classified
Sweet Ferns1 listed fire-resistant
Thoroughworts1 not yet classified
Convallaria1 listed fire-resistant- Hawksbeards1 not yet classified
Japanese Cedars1 to keep away
Cunninghamia1 to keep away
Dogstail Grass1 not yet classified
Brooms1 conflict
Orchardgrass1 listed fire-resistant
Danae1 not yet classified
Daphne1 to keep away
Pride-of-Rochesters1 listed fire-resistant- Bleeding Hearts1 not yet classified
Crabgrass1 listed fire-resistant
Leatherwoods1 not yet classified
Shootingstars1 listed fire-resistant
Duchesnea1 listed fire-resistant
Purple Coneflowers1 listed fire-resistant
Cockspur Grass1 listed fire-resistant- Viper's Bugloss1 to keep away
Ginsengs1 listed fire-resistant
Enkianthus1 not yet classified
Willowherbs1 listed fire-resistant
Horsetails1 not yet classified
Lovegrass1 not yet classified
Loquats1 not yet classified
Wallflowers1 listed fire-resistant- Spurges1 not yet classified
Joe Pye Weeds1 listed fire-resistant
Pearlbrushes1 not yet classified
Beeches1 listed fire-resistant
Figs1 not yet classified
Strawberries1 listed fire-resistant- Buckthorns1 not yet classified
Franklin Trees1 not yet classified
Gardenia1 conflict
Snowberries1 listed fire-resistant
Trumpetflowers1 to keep away
Geranium1 listed fire-resistant
Ginkgo1 listed fire-resistant
Locusts1 listed fire-resistant
Gordonia1 not yet classified
Coffeetrees1 listed fire-resistant
Ivies1 listed fire-resistant
Heliopsis1 not yet classified
Daylilies1 listed fire-resistant
Heptacodium1 listed fire-resistant- Velvetgrass1 not yet classified
Bluets1 listed fire-resistant
Hops1 listed fire-resistant
Hylodesmum1 not yet classified
St. Johnsworts1 listed fire-resistant- Cat's Ears1 not yet classified
Anisetrees1 listed fire-resistant
Touch-me-nots1 listed fire-resistant
Sweetspires1 listed fire-resistant
Jasmines1 listed fire-resistant
Castor Aralias1 to keep away
Kerria1 not yet classified
Koelreuteria1 listed fire-resistant
Kolkwitzia1 listed fire-resistant
Golden Chain Trees1 listed fire-resistant
Cutgrass1 listed fire-resistant
Spicebushes1 listed fire-resistant
Sweetgums1 listed fire-resistant
Tuliptrees1 listed fire-resistant
Lobularia1 listed fire-resistant
Loropetalum1 listed fire-resistant
Trefoils1 listed fire-resistant
Desert-thorns1 not yet classified- Yellow Loosestrifes1 not yet classified
Loosestrifes1 to keep away
Maackia1 listed fire-resistant
Maclura1 listed fire-resistant
Barberries1 to keep away
Alfalfas1 listed fire-resistant
Melia1 listed fire-resistant- Balms1 not yet classified
- Buckbeans1 not yet classified
Bluebells1 listed fire-resistant
Mespilus1 not yet classified
Dawn Redwoods1 to keep away
Michelia1 not yet classified
Microbiota1 to keep away
Browntops1 listed fire-resistant
Silvergrass1 to keep away
Mitchella1 not yet classified
Bayberries1 to keep away- Muhlies1 not yet classified
Nandina1 to keep away
Peppervines1 not yet classified
Oleanders1 conflict
Olives1 to keep away
Sensitive Ferns1 listed fire-resistant
Osmunda1 listed fire-resistant
Sourwoods1 listed fire-resistant
Pachysandra1 listed fire-resistant- Peonies1 listed fire-resistant
Panicgrass1 to keep away
Poppies1 not yet classified
Ironwoods1 listed fire-resistant
Paulownia1 listed fire-resistant
Paxistima1 not yet classified
Bays1 not yet classified
Corktrees1 listed fire-resistant
Mock Oranges1 listed fire-resistant
Phlaris1 to keep away
Timothies1 listed fire-resistant
Reeds1 to keep away
Phus1 not yet classified
Ninebarks1 listed fire-resistant
Lionshearts1 listed fire-resistant
Pokeweeds1 not yet classified
Pinckneya1 listed fire-resistant
Cheesewoods1 listed fire-resistant
Platycladus1 to keep away
Plum Pines1 to keep away
Jacob's-ladders1 listed fire-resistant
Hollyferns1 listed fire-resistant
Poncirus1 listed fire-resistant
Golden Larches1 to keep away
Douglas-firs1 to keep away- Hoptrees1 listed fire-resistant
Kudzus1 to keep away
Pomegranates1 listed fire-resistant
Firethorns1 conflict- Buttercups1 not yet classified
Prairie Coneflowers1 listed fire-resistant
Rhodotypos1 listed fire-resistant
Palmettos1 conflict
Burnets1 listed fire-resistant
Lavender Cottons1 listed fire-resistant
Soapworts1 listed fire-resistant
Sassafras1 listed fire-resistant
Little Bluestems1 to keep away
Sciadopitys1 conflict
Crownvetches1 listed fire-resistant
Redwoods1 to keep away
Giant Sequoias1 to keep away
Serenoa1 to keep away
Sibbaldiopsis1 listed fire-resistant
Catchflies1 listed fire-resistant
Rosinweeds1 listed fire-resistant
Hedgemustards1 listed fire-resistant
Skimmia1 to keep away- Sowthistles1 not yet classified
Necklacepods1 listed fire-resistant
False Spiraeas1 not yet classified
Indiangrass1 to keep away
Sorghum1 to keep away
Cordgrass1 listed fire-resistant
Dropseeds1 not yet classified
Bladdernuts1 not yet classified
Stephanandra1 listed fire-resistant
Snowbells1 listed fire-resistant
Comfreys1 listed fire-resistant
Lilacs1 listed fire-resistant
Tamarisks1 not yet classified
Ternstroemia1 not yet classified- Meadow-rues1 not yet classified
Thymes1 listed fire-resistant
Trachelospermum1 listed fire-resistant
Trillium1 listed fire-resistant- Wheats1 not yet classified
- Coltsfoots1 not yet classified
- Cattails1 listed fire-resistant
Gorses1 to keep away- False Hellebores1 listed fire-resistant
Vervains1 listed fire-resistant
Ironweeds1 not yet classified
Veronicastrum1 listed fire-resistant
Chastetrees1 listed fire-resistant
Grapes1 not yet classified
Fan Palms1 to keep away
Weigela1 listed fire-resistant
X1 to keep away
Xanthocyparis1 conflict
Yellowroots1 listed fire-resistant
Zelkova1 listed fire-resistant
Honeycups1 not yet classified
Jujubes1 not yet classified