Native plants · Georgia
Native plants of Bulloch County
200 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Bulloch County by USDA PLANTS. 95 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.
County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP
Bulloch County, Georgia
- Native species
- 200 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 95 Typical Georgia county: 58
- Share by type (all 200 native species)
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Percent of the 200 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (47%), followed by trees (26%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 95
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American beech Fagus grandifolia | Tree | 80 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| American holly Ilex opaca | Tree | 40 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| 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 |
| bald cypress Taxodium distichum | Tree | 130 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5b |
| bedstraw St. Johnswort Hypericum galioides | Shrub | 2.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| bigleaf snowbell Styrax grandifolius | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 4b |
| bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis | Tree | 75 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 2b |
| black cherry Prunus serotina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| black oak Quercus velutina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| black walnut Juglans nigra | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| black willow Salix nigra | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | High | Zone 1b |
| blackjack oak Quercus marilandica | Tree | 25 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| boxelder Acer negundo | Tree | 60 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| bursting-heart Euonymus americanus | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| calico aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Wildflower (forb) | 4 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| Carolina ash Fraxinus caroliniana | Tree | 39 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 7b |
| Carolina redroot Lachnanthes caroliana | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8b |
| Carolina silverbell Halesia carolina | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| cat greenbrier Smilax glauca | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea | Fern | 4.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| coastal doghobble Leucothoe axillaris | Shrub | 6.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 7b |
| coastal plain willow Salix caroliniana | Tree | 33 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 7b |
| coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia | Shrub | 16 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| common goldstar Hypoxis hirsuta | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| common hoptree Ptelea trifoliata | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| common persimmon Diospyros virginiana | Tree | 55 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| common rush Juncus effusus | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common serviceberry Amelanchier arborea | Tree | 36 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| common sweetleaf Symplocos tinctoria | Tree | 20 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 5a |
| deerberry Vaccinium stamineum | Shrub | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| dwarf azalea Rhododendron atlanticum | Shrub | 2.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa | Shrub | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides | Tree | 190 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum | Tree | 28 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| fetterbush lyonia Lyonia lucida | Shrub | 6.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7b |
| flowering dogwood Cornus florida | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Tree | 80 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| greenwhite sedge Carex albolutescens | Grass or grass-like | 3.9 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Gulf Sebastian-bush Ditrysinia fruticosa | Shrub | 12 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| hairy chaffhead Carphephorus paniculatus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 8a |
| hazel alder Alnus serrulata | Tree | 30 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum | Shrub | 12 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana | Tree | 45 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 3b |
| inkberry Ilex glabra | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 6a |
| lanceleaf tickseed Coreopsis lanceolata | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6b |
| laurel greenbrier Smilax laurifolia | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 6b |
| laurel oak Quercus laurifolia | Tree | 70 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus | Tree | 65 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 7a |
| marsh seedbox Ludwigia palustris | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa | Tree | 85 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| mountain azalea Rhododendron canescens | Shrub | 14 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| narrowleaf evening primrose Oenothera fruticosa | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| narrowleaf silkgrass Pityopsis graminifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 7a |
| New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| Ogeechee tupelo Nyssa ogeche | Tree | 50 ft | Sun | High | Zone 6b |
| orangegrass Hypericum gentianoides | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 12a |
| overcup oak Quercus lyrata | Tree | 80 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| Pennsylvania bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| pignut hickory Carya glabra | Tree | 80 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| planertree Planera aquatica | Tree | 50 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| possumhaw Viburnum nudum | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum | Fern | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| red buckeye Aesculus pavia | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| red mulberry Morus rubra | Tree | 70 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| redbay Persea borbonia | Tree | 70 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| roundpod St. Johnswort Hypericum cistifolium | Shrub | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| running oak Quercus pumila | Shrub | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 8b |
| sarvis holly Ilex amelanchier | Tree | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 8b |
| shortbristle horned beaksedge Rhynchospora corniculata | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| shortleaf pine Pinus echinata | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5b |
| small-leaf arrowwood Viburnum obovatum | Tree | 12 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 7b |
| southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| southern red oak Quercus falcata | Tree | 75 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6a |
| spruce pine Pinus glabra | Tree | 90 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| St. Peterswort Hypericum crux-andreae | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6b |
| summer grape Vitis aestivalis | Vine | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| swamp azalea Rhododendron viscosum | Shrub | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| swamp sunflower Helianthus angustifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 5.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| tenangle pipewort Eriocaulon decangulare | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6b |
| trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens | Vine | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| turkey oak Quercus laevis | Tree | 40 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| Virginia dayflower Commelina virginica | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| Virginia iris Iris virginica | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8b |
| Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| water hickory Carya aquatica | Tree | 85 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5b |
| water oak Quercus nigra | Tree | 90 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| winged sumac Rhus copallinum | Tree | 8 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| winter bentgrass Agrostis hyemalis | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| wreath goldenrod Solidago caesia | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| yaupon Ilex vomitoria | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 105
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.
Hidden while “Garden-ready only” is on.
- Alabama supplejack Berchemia scandens
- American bluehearts Buchnera americana
- American cancer-root Conopholis americana
- American white waterlily Nymphaea odorata
- anglestem primrose-willow Ludwigia leptocarpa
- anisescented goldenrod Solidago odora
- Appalachian clubmoss Huperzia appalachiana
- aquatic milkweed Asclepias perennis
- Atlantic poison oak Toxicodendron pubescens
- beechdrops Epifagus virginiana
- bigseed alfalfa dodder Cuscuta indecora
- bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
- bluejacket Tradescantia ohiensis
- bog yelloweyed grass Xyris difformis
- bunched beaksedge Rhynchospora cephalantha
- button eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium
- Canada toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
- Carolina clover Trifolium carolinianum
- Carolina coralbead Cocculus carolinus
- Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
- Carolina ponysfoot Dichondra carolinensis
- Carolina wild petunia Ruellia caroliniensis
- Carolina woollywhite Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
- chinquapin Castanea pumila
- Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
- clubmoss Lycopodiella ×copelandii
- coastal false asphodel Triantha racemosa
- coastal plain blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium fuscatum
- creeping eryngo Eryngium prostratum
- crested yellow orchid Platanthera cristata
- crossvine Bignonia capreolata
- cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
- drumheads Polygala cruciata
- dwarf sundew Drosera brevifolia
- eastern blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium atlanticum
- eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
- ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
- Elliott's rush Juncus elliottii
- false flowering spurge Euphorbia pubentissima
- fiveangled dodder Cuscuta pentagona
- flypoison Amianthium muscitoxicum
- foxtail clubmoss Lycopodiella alopecuroides
- goldenclub Orontium aquaticum
- grassleaf lettuce Lactuca graminifolia
- greater marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum walteri
- greater tickseed Coreopsis major
- greenvein lady's tresses Spiranthes praecox
- hairy bedstraw Galium pilosum
- hairy clustervine Jacquemontia tamnifolia
- hairy fimbry Fimbristylis puberula
- hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
- heartwing sorrel Rumex hastatulus
- helmet flower Scutellaria integrifolia
- hoary skullcap Scutellaria incana
- hyssopleaf sandmat Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
- justiceweed Eupatorium leucolepis
- marsh mermaidweed Proserpinaca palustris
- marsh rose gentian Sabatia dodecandra
- Maryland meadowbeauty Rhexia mariana
- Maryland milkwort Polygala mariana
- meadow garlic Allium canadense
- meadow spikemoss Selaginella apoda
- nakedflower ticktrefoil Desmodium nudiflorum
- narrowleaf pinweed Lechea tenuifolia
- netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
- piedmont staggerbush Lyonia mariana
- poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix
- queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
- queendevil Hieracium gronovii
- rice button aster Symphyotrichum dumosum
- Richard's yelloweyed grass Xyris jupicai
- rough panicgrass Dichanthelium leucothrix
- roundfruit hedgehyssop Gratiola virginiana
- Sampson's snakeroot Orbexilum pedunculatum
- seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia
- shiny coneflower Rudbeckia nitida
- silvery everlasting Gamochaeta argyrinea
- sleepy silene Silene antirrhina
- slender clubmoss Lycopodiella caroliniana
- slender threeseed mercury Acalypha gracilens
- smooth elephantsfoot Elephantopus nudatus
- snakemouth orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides
- southern jointweed Polygonella americana
- spindleroot Ludwigia hirtella
- spoonleaf purple everlasting Gamochaeta purpurea
- St. Andrew's cross Hypericum hypericoides
- sticky catchfly Silene caroliniana
- stinking camphorweed Pluchea foetida
- striped prince's pine Chimaphila maculata
- sundial lupine Lupinus perennis
- thickleaf phlox Phlox carolina
- trailing pearlwort Sagina decumbens
- tuberous grasspink Calopogon tuberosus
- twoleaf watermilfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum
- Virginia chainfern Woodwardia virginica
- Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
- Virginia tephrosia Tephrosia virginiana
- warty panicgrass Panicum verrucosum
- watershield Brasenia schreberi
- wavyleaf aster Symphyotrichum undulatum
- western tansymustard Descurainia pinnata
- white blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium albidum
- white colicroot Aletris farinosa
- yankeeweed Eupatorium compositifolium
- yellow fringed orchid Platanthera ciliaris
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.
| Measure | Bulloch County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 200 | 129 | 1,750 |
| Garden-ready natives | 95 | 58 | 608 |
| Tree | 52 | — | 202 |
| Shrub | 22 | — | 91 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 94 | — | 908 |
| Grass or grass-like | 10 | — | 403 |
| Vine | 11 | — | 78 |
| Fern | 11 | — | 68 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Bulloch County.
- Bryan County, GA 43 garden-ready
- Candler County, GA 47 garden-ready
- Emanuel County, GA 65 garden-ready
- Evans County, GA 22 garden-ready
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
- Bulloch County (county FIPS 13031), Georgia. 200 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