Quick answer: 64 drought-tolerant native plants are native to Rhode Island, 55 with a live listing as of 16 Sep 2026.
64 species
- American basswood Tilia americana · 32 states
- American holly Ilex opaca · 24 states
- American mountain ash Sorbus americana · 18 states
- Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides · 12 states
- Beach plum Prunus maritima · 2 states
- Bear oak Quercus ilicifolia · 1 states
- Birdfoot violet Viola pedata · 14 states
- Black cherry Prunus serotina · 32 states
- Black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata · 8 states
- Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta · 42 states
- Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa · 24 states
- Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa · 37 states
- Chokecherry Prunus virginiana · 35 states
- Common winterberry Ilex verticillata · 10 states
- Common yarrow Achillea millefolium · 31 states
- Creeping phlox Phlox subulata · 11 states
- Cup plant Silphium perfoliatum · 17 states
- Cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata · 21 states
- Downy serviceberry Amelanchier arborea · 34 states
- Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana · 36 states
- Eastern red columbine Aquilegia canadensis · 36 states
- Eastern teaberry Gaultheria procumbens · 9 states
- Eastern white pine Pinus strobus · 19 states
- Fall obedient plant Physostegia virginiana · 21 states
- Fire pink Silene virginica · 8 states
- Flowering dogwood Cornus florida · 22 states
- Foxglove beardtongue Penstemon digitalis · 31 states
- Gray birch Betula populifolia · 9 states
- Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica · 32 states
- Hairy beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus · 10 states
- Harebell Campanula rotundifolia · 25 states
- Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum · 4 states
- Jacob's ladder Polemonium reptans · 17 states
- Jerusalem artichoke Helianthus tuberosus · 9 states
- Lanceleaf coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata · 28 states
- Lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium · 14 states
- Mapleleaf viburnum Viburnum acerifolium · 5 states
- Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia · 17 states
- Mountain witch-alder Fothergilla major · 7 states
- Nannyberry Viburnum lentago · 23 states
- New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus · 31 states
- Northern red oak Quercus rubra · 24 states
- Northern spicebush Lindera benzoin · 16 states
- Partridgeberry Mitchella repens · 17 states
- Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea · 18 states
- Pignut hickory Carya glabra · 21 states
- Pitch pine Pinus rigida · 12 states
- Red pine Pinus resinosa · 13 states
- Sassafras Sassafras albidum · 22 states
- Shagbark hickory Carya ovata · 22 states
- Showy tick trefoil Desmodium canadense · 21 states
- Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina · 13 states
- Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa · 1 states
- Sugar maple Acer saccharum · 28 states
- Sundial lupine Lupinus perennis · 25 states
- Sweet birch Betula lenta · 18 states
- Sweet-fern Comptonia peregrina · 10 states
- Trumpet vine Campsis radicans · 24 states
- Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia · 27 states
- Western bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum · 7 states
- White ash Fraxinus americana · 31 states
- White oak Quercus alba · 33 states
- Winged sumac Rhus copallinum · 11 states
- Witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana · 28 states