South Dakota native plants
South Dakota splits at the Missouri River: tallgrass and pothole prairie east, shortgrass, badlands, and the Black Hills west. Its natives handle severe winters, low rainfall, wind, and a short intense growing season.
Bedfellow lists 437 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 437 in search.
- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
- Large Beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)
- Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
- Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
- Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans)
- Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
- Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
- White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
- Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- American Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
- American Basswood (Tilia americana)
- Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
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