Native range
Native plants of Georgia
193 wild species and 20 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Georgia, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 158 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
Showing 1 to 60 of 213 plants
How this list is made
Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Georgia is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 213 plants, 197 have been checked against outside sources (6 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
FoliageSensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Part shadeZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
FoliageCinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Part shadeZones 3–93.5 ftHigh
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Full sunZones 5–957 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
FoliageChristmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Full shadeZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
FoliageRoyal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftHigh
FoliageLady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Part shadeZones 4–82.5 ftModerate
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Full sunZones 4–940 ftModerate
FoliageRed Maple
Acer rubrum
Full sunZones 3–949 ftModerate
Possumhaw Viburnum
Viburnum nudum
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Full sunZones 6–1015 ftModerate
Common Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Full sunZones 3–817 ftModerate
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Part sunZones 5–94.5 ftModerate
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
Part shadeZones 4–816 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Red Chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
Full sunZones 4–99 ftModerate
Swamp Azalea
Rhododendron viscosum
Part shadeZones 4–95 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Full sunZones 5–935 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata
Full sunZones 5–943 ftModerate
White Wild Indigo
Baptisia alba
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
Part shadeZones 4–97.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Southern Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Full sunZones 7–1117 ftModerate
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Part shadeZones 5–923 ftModerate
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Part shadeZones 5–99 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
White Oak
Quercus alba
Full sunZones 3–965 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Part sunZones 6–106 ftModerate
Indian Pink
Spigelia marilandica
Part shadeZones 5–91.5 ftModerate
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Part sunZones 4–920 ftModerate
Possumhaw Holly
Ilex decidua
Full sunZones 5–912 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Summersweet
Clethra alnifolia
Part shadeZones 3–96 ftHigh
Common Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Full sunZones 4–935 ftModerate
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Full sunZones 3–94 ftModerate
American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Full sunZones 4–915 ftModerate
Common Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Full sunZones 5–96 ftModerate
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Full sunZones 4–966 ftModerate
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Full sunZones 4–97 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
American Linden
Tilia americana
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum
Part shadeZones 5–98 inModerate
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
FoliageRiver Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Adam's Needle
Yucca filamentosa
Full sunZones 5–102.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Full sunZones 5–817 ftModerate
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Full sunZones 3–940 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
FoliageEastern Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Full sunZones 2–945 ftModerate
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate
FoliageMaidenhair Fern
Adiantum
Full shadeZones 3–81.5 ftHigh
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Part shadeZones 4–88.5 ftModerate
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Full sunZones 5–969 ftModerate
Smooth Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Part shadeZones 3–94 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Part shadeZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Part shadeZones 3–932 ftModerate
Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina
Full sunZones 4–93.5 ftModerate
Cucumbertree Magnolia
Magnolia acuminata
Full sunZones 4–865 ftModerate
Recorded across Georgia
How many of the state's 159 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in Georgia; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 178 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- Sensitive Fern
- Cinnamon Fern
- Willow Oak
- Christmas Fern
- Royal Fern
- Lady Fern
- New Jersey Tea
- Black Gum
- Red Maple
- Possumhaw Viburnum
- Carolina Jessamine
- Common Witch Hazel
- White Fringetree
- Butterfly Weed
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Red Buckeye
- Red Chokeberry
- Swamp Azalea
- American Holly
- Buttonbush
- Crossvine
- White Wild Indigo
- Carolina Allspice
- Southern Wax Myrtle
- Sweetbay Magnolia
- Flowering Dogwood
- Mountain Laurel
- White Oak
- American Beautyberry
- Indian Pink
- Downy Serviceberry
- Possumhaw Holly
- Summersweet
- Common Persimmon
- Rattlesnake Master
- American Elderberry
- Coral Honeysuckle
- Common Black-Eyed Susan
- Swamp Sunflower
- Tulip Tree
- Inkberry Holly
- American Linden
- Green and Gold
- Little Bluestem
- River Birch
- Adam's Needle
- Common Pawpaw
- Virginia Creeper
- Eastern Bluestar
- Eastern Red Cedar
- Eastern Redbud
- Maidenhair Fern
- Northern Sea Oats
- Silky Dogwood
- Sweetgum
- Smooth Hydrangea
- Smooth Solomon's Seal
- American Hophornbeam
- Carolina Rose
- Cucumbertree Magnolia
- False Solomon's Seal
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Mapleleaf Viburnum
- Trumpet Vine
- Coast Leucothoe
- Mayapple
- Cardinal Flower
- Wild Geranium
- Bald Cypress
- Soft Rush
- Southern Magnolia
- American Alumroot
- Fragrant Sumac
- Switchgrass
- Whorled Milkweed
- Smooth Sumac
- Common Sneezeweed
- Live Oak
- Yaupon Holly
- American Hazelnut
- Black Cohosh
- Dense Blazing Star
- Marginal Wood Fern
- Northern Red Oak
- Blackhaw
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Heartleaf Foamflower
- New York Ironweed
- Pink Muhly Grass
- Arrowwood
- Blue Mistflower
- Blue Wood Aster
- Spicebush
- White Turtlehead
- Drooping Leucothoe
- Hollow Joe Pye Weed
- Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
- White Wood Aster
- Winterberry
- Hay Scented Fern
- Southern Blue Flag
- Indiangrass
- Dwarf Crested Iris
- Honeylocust
- Mountain Stewartia
- Pagoda Dogwood
- Purple Lovegrass
- Sweet Joe Pye Weed
- Wild Bee Balm
- Common Hackberry
- Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Rosebay Rhododendron
- Pinxterbloom Azalea
- Cherokee Sedge
- Eastern Red Columbine
- Goatsbeard
- Golden Alexanders
- Sugar Maple
- White-Tinged Sedge
- Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
- American Hornbeam
- Roundleaf Ragwort
- Silver Maple
- Eastern White Pine
- False Sunflower
- Woodland Phlox
- Ninebark
- Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
- Swamp Milkweed
- Dwarf Fothergilla
- Eastern Hemlock
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
- Woodland Stonecrop
- Black Chokeberry
- Nodding Onion
- Pale Purple Coneflower
- Purple Coneflower
- Wild Ginger
- Blue Wood Sedge
- Carolina Lupine
- Creeping Woodland Phlox
- Dutchman's Pipe
- Golden Ragwort
- Great Blue Lobelia
- Pennsylvania Sedge
- Allegheny Spurge
- Annual Phlox
- Brown-Eyed Susan
- Gray-Headed Coneflower
- Lavender Annual Phlox
- Peach Annual Phlox
- Purple Annual Phlox
- Red Annual Phlox
- Tropical Sage
- Virginia Bluebells
- White Annual Phlox
- Blue Indigo
- Clustered Mountain Mint
- Culver's Root
- Garden Phlox
- Large Fothergilla
- Seersucker Sedge
- Smooth Blue Aster
- American Wintergreen
- Bottlebrush Buckeye
- Brome-Like Sedge
- Creeping Jacob's Ladder
- Rosy Sedge
- Zigzag Goldenrod
- American Smoketree
- Bottlebrush Grass
- Buffalograss
- Northern Bush Honeysuckle
- Prairie Dropseed Grass
- Red Elderberry
- Sideoats Grama
- Staghorn Sumac
- Yellow Anise
Garden forms of Georgia natives
158 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in Georgia and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.
- Alba Gayfeather
- Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Alma Pötschke
- Alpine Carpet Juniper
- Amazing Grace
- Amber Jubilee
- Amethyst Falls Wisteria
- Annabelle
- Appalachian Red
- Aquavita Juniper
- Athena Gold False Sunflower
- Autumn Bride Coral Bells
- Autumn Colors
- Autumn Sun Coneflower
- Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
- Balmy Purple
- Bananappeal Anise Tree
- Barbara Ann Climbing Hydrangea
- Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Berry Scape Aronia
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Moon Wisteria
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Blue Paradise
- Bordeaux Dwarf Yaupon Holly
- Brandywine Viburnum
- Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel
- Bright Eyes
- Bronze Wave Coral Bells
- Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
- Bunny Blue Sedge
- Candy Stripe
- Caramel
- Carol Mountain Laurel
- Carousel Mountain Laurel
- Cherokee Brave
- Cherokee Chief
- Cherokee Princess
- Cherry Berries Wintergreen
- Cherry Brandy
- Citronelle
- Claire Grace
- Cloud Nine
- Coconut Lime
- Color Guard Yucca
- Columnar White Pine
- Coppertina
- Coral Flame
- Crème Brûlée
- Crimson Comet Buttonbush
- Crimson Trumpet
- David
- Densa Inkberry
- Denver Daisy
- Designer Threads Golden Needles Coreopsis
- Designer Threads Heartstrings Coreopsis
- Designer Threads Scarlet Ribbons Coreopsis
- Diabolo
- DreamScape Hydrangea
- Dressed To Thrill Crossvine
- Drummond's Pink
- Dwarf White Pine
- Early Sunrise
- Elf Mountain Laurel
- Emerald Blue
- Emerald Pink
- Eye Candy Moss Phlox
- Eye Shadow Moss Phlox
- Falling Waters
- Fireworks Goldenrod
- Flame Thrower
- Forest Pansy
- Gentsch White
- Goldilocks
- Goldsturm
- Grand Marshall
- Green Jewel
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Henry's Garnet Sweetspire
- Hummingbird
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Jeana
- Jeddeloh Hemlock
- Laura
- Lavender Twist
- Lemony Lace Elderberry
- Little Devil
- Little Gem Magnolia
- Little Henry Sweetspire
- Luminary Ultraviolet
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Magnus
- Major Wheeler
- Moonbeam
- New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'
- New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'
- Nicky
- Northwind
- Nugget
- Orange Perfection
- Pardon My Purple
- Peve Minaret
- Pink Double Delight
- Pink Spire
- PowWow Wild Berry
- Prairie Sun
- Purple Beauty
- Purple Dome
- Purple Phlox
- Purple Rooster
- Rainbow Leucothoe
- Rainbow Pillar
- Red Sprite
- Red Wings
- River Mist
- Robert Poore
- Route 66
- Royal White Redbud
- Ruby Falls
- Ruby Spice
- Sarah Mountain Laurel
- Scarlet Flame
- Scarletta Leucothoe
- Shamrock Inkberry Holly
- Shawnee Brave
- Shenandoah
- Sienna Sunset
- Sixteen Candles
- Snowcicle Hydrangea
- Starfire
- Sugar Buzz Cherry Pops
- Sugar Shack Buttonbush
- Summer Wine
- The Rising Sun
- Tiger Eyes Sumac
- Tiny Wine
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- Vanilla Spice
- Weeping Hemlock
- Weeping White Pine
- White Delight
- White Flame
- White Swan
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
- Zagreb
Plant groups native to Georgia
20 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in Georgia; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
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