Index / Search / Hydrangea arborescens
§1 Plant
Hydrangea arborescens L.
vernacular wild hydrangea — species · Hydrangeaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Hydrangea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 865 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 865 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- Coosa 01037
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Etowah 01055
- Franklin 01059
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Madison 01089
- Marshall 01095
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Cross 05037
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Burke 13033
- Carroll 13045
- Catoosa 13047
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clay 13061
- Cobb 13067
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Gilmer 13123
- Gordon 13129
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Hancock 13141
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Lee 13177
- Lumpkin 13187
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Rabun 13241
- Rockdale 13247
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
- Whitfield 13313
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 112 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Allen 21003
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Green 21087
- Greenup 21089
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Martin 21159
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Webster 21233
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Carroll 28015
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- DeSoto 28033
- Franklin 28037
- Grenada 28043
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tate 28137
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Wayne 28153
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Mahoning 39099
- Meigs 39105
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 76 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hancock 47067
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 90 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lewis 54041
- Logan 54045
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- Mason 54053
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HYAR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2985986 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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