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Ecological role
State endemics
Plants whose entire USDA-recorded distribution lives within a single state's borders. The California Floristic Province, the Hawaiian islands, and the long-isolated Floridian peninsula dominate.
- States with endemics
- 52
- Total endemic taxa
- 10,258
Top 8 states
All states with endemics
- Oregon OR 181
- New York NY 171
- Washington WA 170
- Nevada NV 166
- Puerto Rico PR 126
- Colorado CO 108
- Idaho ID 100
- Massachusetts MA 82
- Wisconsin WI 44
- Wyoming WY 43
- Alabama AL 35
- New Jersey NJ 35
- Louisiana LA 31
- Pennsylvania PA 31
- Georgia GA 30
- West Virginia WV 30
- Minnesota MN 24
- Missouri MO 23
- North Carolina NC 22
- Arkansas AR 21
- District of Columbia DC 21
- Michigan MI 20
- Illinois IL 19
- Kentucky KY 18
- Ohio OH 18
- Montana MT 15
- Virginia VA 15
- Maine ME 14
- Tennessee TN 13
- Virgin Islands VI 13
- Mississippi MS 11
- Northern Mariana Islands MP 10
- South Carolina SC 10
- New Hampshire NH 8
- Oklahoma OK 5
- Indiana IN 4
- Kansas KS 4
- Maryland MD 4
- Nebraska NE 4
- American Samoa AS 2
- Delaware DE 2
- North Dakota ND 2
- Vermont VT 2
- Guam GU 1