Native Plants of China by Ecoregion

Browse native plants of China by ecoregion. Each ecoregion reflects a distinct native plant community, identified from real-world occurrence data. Choose one below to see its native species.

Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Rock and Ice Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Hainan Island monsoon rain forests South China–Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests Hainan Island monsoon rain forests Jiang Nan subtropical evergreen forests Jiang Nan subtropical evergreen forests Jiang Nan subtropical evergreen forests Jiang Nan subtropical evergreen forests South China–Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests South China–Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests South China–Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests South China–Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests South China–Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests Northern Indochina subtropical forests Northern Triangle subtropical forests Northern Triangle temperate forests Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests South China–Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests South China–Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests Jiang Nan subtropical evergreen forests Changjiang Plain evergreen forests Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Nujiang Lancang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Rock and Ice Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Rock and Ice Yarlung Zambo arid steppe Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Rock and Ice Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Yarlung Zambo arid steppe Rock and Ice Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Yarlung Zambo arid steppe Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Yarlung Zambo arid steppe Yarlung Zambo arid steppe Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Karakoram–West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Rock and Ice Pamir alpine desert and tundra Pamir alpine desert and tundra Pamir alpine desert and tundra Rock and Ice Rock and Ice North Tibetan Plateau–Kunlun Mountains alpine desert Rock and Ice Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe Taklimakan desert Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows Tian Shan foothill arid steppe Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Junggar Basin semi-desert Emin Valley steppe Altai alpine meadow and tundra Altai alpine meadow and tundra Altai alpine meadow and tundra Altai montane forest and forest steppe Altai alpine meadow and tundra Altai steppe and semi-desert Altai alpine meadow and tundra Altai alpine meadow and tundra Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows Rock and Ice Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows Rock and Ice Nujiang Lancang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows Tibetan Plateau alpine shrublands and meadows Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests Qionglai–Minshan conifer forests Daba Mountains evergreen forests Qionglai–Minshan conifer forests Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests Qilian Mountains conifer forests Qilian Mountains conifer forests Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows Qilian Mountains conifer forests Qilian Mountains conifer forests Qaidam Basin semi-desert Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows Qilian Mountains conifer forests Qilian Mountains conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Tian Shan montane conifer forests Huang He Plain mixed forests Central China loess plateau mixed forests Mongolian–Manchurian grassland Daurian forest steppe Qilian Mountains conifer forests Ordos Plateau steppe Qilian Mountains conifer forests Helanshan montane conifer forests Alashan Plateau semi-desert Eastern Gobi desert steppe East Siberian taiga Changjiang Plain evergreen forests Changjiang Plain evergreen forests Changjiang Plain evergreen forests Yellow Sea saline meadow Bohai Sea saline meadow Bohai Sea saline meadow Northeast China Plain deciduous forests Central China loess plateau mixed forests Northeast China Plain deciduous forests Changbai Mountains mixed forests Manchurian mixed forests Suiphun–Khanka meadows and forest meadows Northeast China Plain deciduous forests Changbai Mountains mixed forests Changbai Mountains mixed forests Changbai Mountains mixed forests Changbai Mountains mixed forests Nenjiang River grassland Manchurian mixed forests Amur meadow steppe Da Hinggan–Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests Amur meadow steppe Nenjiang River grassland Da Hinggan–Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests Da Hinggan–Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests Da Hinggan–Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests

* How these results were determined: ecoregion boundaries come from a global habitat classification developed by conservation scientists at the World Wildlife Fund. Plant occurrence records come from GBIF (the Global Biodiversity Information Facility), an international open-data network built largely from citizen and academic scientists who photograph plants in the field and upload the sighting with GPS coordinates through apps like iNaturalist. We cross-reference each plant's occurrence points against the ecoregion boundaries and each species' known native range in this country to flag which matches are best supported by the evidence. You can add further filters to these results such as state, trees, wildflowers, light, or soil type using the search box once you finish clicking through to a listing. Because the ecoregion plant listings depend on citizen-science mobile phone data, they are not fully complete and some ecorgions are skipped due to lack of data.