Online Native Plant Databases
Lady Bird Johnson Center Wildflower Center Native Plant Database: North America's largest native plant repository with over 25,000 species. Provides botanical data, wildlife benefits, and growth requirements.
Native Plant Trust: Go Botany: Designed to help users identify and learn about thousands of native and naturalized plant species across New England through interactive keys, range maps, and detailed botanical profiles
US Wildflower's Database for Massachusetts: Search by common name, scientific name, or filter by flower color.
Grow Native Massachusetts: A hub of flora databases for the region, includes guidance on coastal landscaping and plant identification.
USDA Plants Database: Detailed distribution maps and native status for plants across New England
National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder. Provides location-specific rankings of local flora based directly on the number of butterfly and moth species they support.
Homegrown National Park: A curated index hosting the National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder as well as the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database - provides filtering parameters to find plants with high pollinator value.
Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Lists | Xerces Society: Provides highly vetted, region-specific pollinator plant lists and guides developed by insect conservation experts
Pollinator Partnership Find Your Roots Tool: Generates customized, ecoregion-specific plant lists based on your local zip code
Gloucester Area Native Plant Sources
Native Plant Trust - Garden in the Woods, Framingham:
Cedar Rock Gardens – Gloucester
Wolf Hill, Ipswich and Gloucester
Oakhaven Sanctuary, North Reading
Grow Native Mass. Extensive state-wide list
Out of area:
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