We Asked
- How do you define a native plant?
Consumers Answered
Below is a sample of the responses from the survey takers. The responses are completely unedited and may contain various spelling errors, etc.
- A plant that grows in the “wild”, can be found specifically in my climatic zone.
- A plant that has existed in a given area for recorded history that was not transplanted from another country or state.
- Indigenous plant to specific area benefitting pollinators and native wildlife
- Grows wild in uncultivated area
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Consumers’ definitions continued (premium subscribers only). This is a representative sample of over 2,000 responses. They will frequently be swapped with other responses.
- Indigenous plant to specific area benefitting pollinators and native wildlife
- Grows wild in uncultivated area
- A plant that has been in specific area for hundreds of years
- Occurs naturally in my region
- Plants that have evolved with the wildlife in my particular area.
- indigenous species
- indigenous species that have evolved and occur naturally in a particular region, ecosystem, and habitat
- A plant that grows naturally in the wild areas in the biome where my home is located
- It’s local
- One that wild locally and was not an introduced escapee. I’m growing from seed obtained from local native plant supplier. Plus saving my own seeds for plants to hopefully thrive in environment their parents grew in.
- One that is indigenous to a region or habitat.
- One that occurs naturally in my area.
- A plant that has been growing naturally in an area for a very long time. One that has not been introduced from another area by people
- Vegetation adapted to thrive in local ecosystems with minimal interventions & often sustains local animal populations – not imported solely for aesthetic purposes
- A plant that has evolved in it’s ecosystem and has been established priorto colonization.
- Free growing
- A plant that has occurred naturally in a particular zone
- Indigenous to our area
- Endemic to the area or naturalized to the area
- A plant that existed in my area before European colonization
- I buy plants that are marked as native from local garden centers or from master gardener plant sales
- Indigenous to the area
- A plant that’s grown here forever on its own
- Native to Pennsylvania and bee, butterfly and bird friendly
- Anything that originated somewhere in the eastern region of the us
- Plants indigenous to an area
- A plant that grows in the wild, not modified by breeding
- Grows wild
- One that belongs here, indigenous, beneficial
- Plants found in natural settings
- I look it up on the RHS sight
- One that grows wild in my area
- One that is indigenous to my area.
- Something that has always grown here
- Plants that grow natively in my state and have done since the time that indigenous peoples lived here.
- A plant that is indigenous to the area
- Plant growing in place prior to arrival of Europeans
- Plants native to the area I live in
- A plant that has always grown in my region.
- A plant that is indigenous to an area, and fulfills a niche supporting plant/animal life.
- One that has grown in the where I live for hundreds, if not thousands of years
- Plants that occur naturally that add beauty for butterflies, bees & other wildlife habitats
- A plant that will grow in my area because it is their original environment
