Flora of Connecticut

Overview of plant species in Connecticut

The flora of Connecticut comprise a variety of plant species. Geobotanically, Connecticut belongs to the North American Atlantic Region.

The state tree is the white oak; or more specifically, the Charter Oak.
The state flower is the mountain laurel.

Biodiversity

A complete census of tree species taken in 1885 in Hartford County listed 56 species of trees.^[1]

List of flora

Scientific name	English name	Status
Caltha palustris	Kingcup or marsh marigold
Cephalanthus occidentalis	Buttonbush, button-bush, button-willow or honey-bells
Clethra alnifolia	Summersweet or sweet pepperbush
Iris versicolor	Blue flag iris or harlequin blueflag
Kalmia latifolia	Mountain laurel
Quercus alba	White oak
Ranunculus septentrionalis	Swamp buttercup
Rhododendron viscosum	Clammy azalea or swamp azalea
Symplocarpus foetidus	Eastern skunk cabbage

Floral regions

A large part of the state of Connecticut is covered with oak-hickory type central hardwood forest. This region was historically dominated by various oaks and chestnuts, but hickory replaced chestnut with the spread of the chestnut blight.

In the northwestern hills of the state, more northern-hardwood type trees are present.

References

^ * Aspects of Connecticut's Physical Geography

Flora of the United States

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Topics

General	* Flora of North America List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA) List of invasive species in North America § Plants List of endangered plants of North America List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees

Floristic regions and provinces	Circumboreal Region North American Atlantic Region Rocky Mountain Floristic Region Madrean Region Caribbean bioregion Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Province Appalachian Province Laurentian Mixed Forest Province Great Basin Floristic Province California Floristic Province

Ethnobotany	Native American Cherokee Iroquois Navajo Zuni List of medicinal plants of the American West

Categories	Flora of the United States Ecoregions Plant communities Grasslands Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Places

East of the Mississippi River	Wildflowers of New England Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains Flora of Door County, Wisconsin List of lichens of Maryland Soldiers Delight: Graminoids, Wildflowers, Woody plants, Ferns and fern allies, Lichens

Missouri River valley	List of species described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition § Plants

Colorado	Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region

Puerto Rico	List of endemic flora of Puerto Rico List of grasses of Puerto Rico

Arizona and New Mexico	Flora of the Sonoran Desert (by common name) List of Sonoran Desert wildflowers Flora of the Arizona Upland

California	List of plants endemic to Hells Canyon List of California native plants List of species endemic to Mendocino County, California List of species endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area § Flora List of Little Picacho Wilderness flora List of plants on the Modoc National Forest List of San Francisco Bay Area wildflowers List of flora of the Santa Monica Mountains Lichens of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Flora of the Sierra Nevada alpine zone Flora of the Colorado Desert List of plants of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

California