A species that occurs naturally in or originates from a specified area. If a plant is indigenous to a particular environment, then that environment is the plant's natural habitat; the plant was not brought into the environment from elsewhere.

a species that occurs naturally within an area.

belonging to, or found naturally in a particular environment and forms part of the natural biodiversity of a place.

A species which evolved on the North American continent, was present at the time of European Colonization, and is resident within the Chesapeake Bay basin without human manipulation.

A plant or animal species that occurs at a place within its historically known natural range and that forms part of the natural biological diversity of a place

Organisms that occur naturally in a particular area instead of being introduced, directly or indirectly, by human activity.

A species that is likely, due to historical presence, to occur at a specified site for some portion of its life span (ASTM, 2002).

A species that is native or naturally occurring in a specific area

A species that originally inhabited a particular geographic area (USFS, modified).

Plants and animals that are naturally found in an area.

a species native to Canada.

An indigenous species is one that naturally grows within a particular portion of the total species range and whose genetic material has adapted to that specific location. See also Native Species.