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Native plants of Atkinson County

45 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Atkinson County by USDA PLANTS. 24 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Atkinson County, Georgia

PLANTS records only 24 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Georgia list is a useful second check.

Native species
45 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
24 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 45 native species)
Percent of the 45 native species in each growth type
Tree 36% (16)
Shrub 16% (7)
Wildflower (forb) 36% (16)
Grass or grass-like 4% (2)
Fern 9% (4)

Trees make up the largest share of the native list (36%), followed by wildflowers (36%).

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

ZIP codes mainly in this county fall in USDA hardiness zone 9a (2023 map).

The native plant list

Cold hardiness is estimated from each plant’s PLANTS minimum temperature. How we estimate it.

Garden-ready natives 24

Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.

Garden-ready native plants of Atkinson County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American elm Ulmus americana Tree 120 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
American holly Ilex opaca Tree 40 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
American lotus Nelumbo lutea Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun High Zone 3b
American snowbell Styrax americanus Tree 10 ft Sun–part shade — Zone 5b
American witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana Tree 20 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Fern 4.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia Shrub 16 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
common sweetleaf Symplocos tinctoria Tree 20 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 5a
dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa Shrub 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Tree 28 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
fetterbush lyonia Lyonia lucida Shrub 6.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7b
giant cane Arundinaria gigantea Shrub 25 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
Gulf Sebastian-bush Ditrysinia fruticosa Shrub 12 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5b
laurel oak Quercus laurifolia Tree 70 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
live oak Quercus virginiana Tree 50 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 8a
red maple Acer rubrum Tree 68 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
running oak Quercus pumila Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 8b
southern bayberry Morella caroliniensis Tree 7 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
southern catalpa Catalpa bignonioides Tree 66 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 5b
swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 6b
sweetbay Magnolia virginiana Tree 60 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 9a
turkey oak Quercus laevis Tree 40 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 21

PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.

  • Adam's needle Yucca filamentosa
  • beaked cornsalad Valerianella radiata
  • blackfruit spikerush Eleocharis melanocarpa
  • Carolina desert-chicory Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
  • Carolina puccoon Lithospermum caroliniense
  • curlytop knotweed Polygonum lapathifolium
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • hairy pinweed Lechea mucronata
  • handsome Harry Rhexia virginica
  • herb of grace Bacopa monnieri
  • hogwort Croton capitatus
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • poorjoe Diodia teres
  • queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
  • roundleaf thoroughwort Eupatorium rotundifolium
  • sensitive partridge pea Chamaecrista nictitans
  • sleepy silene Silene antirrhina
  • southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra
  • twining snoutbean Rhynchosia tomentosa
  • Viola ×primulifolia Viola ×primulifolia
  • Virginia chainfern Woodwardia virginica

Compared with Georgia

The typical county is the median of the 159 Georgia counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.

Native species counts, Atkinson County and Georgia
MeasureAtkinson CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 45 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 24 58 608
Tree 16 — 202
Shrub 7 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 16 — 908
Grass or grass-like 2 — 403
Vine 0 — 78
Fern 4 — 68

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Source & data date

Source
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation
USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date
Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope
Atkinson County (county FIPS 13003), Georgia. 45 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
Method
A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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