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Native plants of Candler County

95 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Candler County by USDA PLANTS. 47 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Candler County, Georgia

Native species
95 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
47 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 95 native species)
Percent of the 95 native species in each growth type
Tree 20% (19)
Shrub 20% (19)
Wildflower (forb) 36% (34)
Grass or grass-like 17% (16)
Fern 7% (7)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (36%), followed by trees (20%).

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 zones 8b to 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 47

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

Garden-ready native plants of Candler County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
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
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
Carolina redroot Lachnanthes caroliana Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 8b
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
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
dwarf palmetto Sabal minor Tree 9 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
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
forked rush Juncus dichotomus Grass or grass-like 2.9 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 8b
grassleaf rush Juncus marginatus Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Shrub 12 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
inkberry Ilex glabra Shrub 8 ft Sun High Zone 6a
large gallberry Ilex coriacea Tree 12 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
lesser creeping rush Juncus repens Grass or grass-like 6.8 ft Sun High Zone 8b
maleberry Lyonia ligustrina Shrub 9 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 5a
marsh flatsedge Cyperus pseudovegetus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun High Zone 8a
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
needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 7a
northern catalpa Catalpa speciosa Tree 60 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
Ogeechee tupelo Nyssa ogeche Tree 50 ft Sun High Zone 6b
possumhaw Viburnum nudum Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
ridged yellow flax Linum striatum Wildflower (forb) 2.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
roundpod St. Johnswort Hypericum cistifolium Shrub 2.5 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
running oak Quercus pumila Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 8b
sand blackberry Rubus cuneifolius Shrub 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6a
southern waxy sedge Carex glaucescens Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 6a
St. Peterswort Hypericum crux-andreae Shrub 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6b
swamp azalea Rhododendron viscosum Shrub 16 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5b
swamp doghobble Eubotrys racemosus Shrub 13 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
swamp loosestrife Decodon verticillatus Shrub 8 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 6b
sweetbay Magnolia virginiana Tree 60 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 9a
tapertip rush Juncus acuminatus Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
tenangle pipewort Eriocaulon decangulare Wildflower (forb) 2.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 6b
turkey oak Quercus laevis Tree 40 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica Shrub 10 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a
yaupon Ilex vomitoria Tree 25 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 8a

Other native species recorded here 48

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.

  • American bluehearts Buchnera americana
  • Appalachian clubmoss Huperzia appalachiana
  • bog yelloweyed grass Xyris difformis
  • Bosc's panicgrass Dichanthelium boscii
  • chinquapin Castanea pumila
  • clubmoss Lycopodiella ×copelandii
  • coastal false asphodel Triantha racemosa
  • coastal jointweed Polygonella articulata
  • combleaf yellow false foxglove Aureolaria pectinata
  • cone-cup spikerush Eleocharis tuberculosa
  • crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
  • Curtiss' milkwort Polygala curtissii
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • Elliott's rush Juncus elliottii
  • erect centella Centella erecta
  • flypoison Amianthium muscitoxicum
  • foxtail clubmoss Lycopodiella alopecuroides
  • fringed nutrush Scleria ciliata
  • gum bully Sideroxylon lanuginosum
  • hairy umbrella-sedge Fuirena squarrosa
  • Harvey's beaksedge Rhynchospora harveyi
  • helmet flower Scutellaria integrifolia
  • manyflower marshpennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
  • marsh rose gentian Sabatia dodecandra
  • Maryland meadowbeauty Rhexia mariana
  • Maryland milkwort Polygala mariana
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • nodding beaksedge Rhynchospora inexpansa
  • Nuttall's lobelia Lobelia nuttallii
  • piedmont staggerbush Lyonia mariana
  • pink sundew Drosera capillaris
  • procession flower Polygala incarnata
  • queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
  • Sampson's snakeroot Orbexilum pedunculatum
  • shaggy hedgehyssop Gratiola pilosa
  • slender fimbry Fimbristylis autumnalis
  • slender rose gentian Sabatia campanulata
  • snowy orchid Platanthera nivea
  • southern bladderwort Utricularia juncea
  • spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia
  • sundial lupine Lupinus perennis
  • Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana
  • Virginia chainfern Woodwardia virginica
  • Virginia tephrosia Tephrosia virginiana
  • watershield Brasenia schreberi
  • weak rush Juncus debilis
  • white blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium albidum
  • white colicroot Aletris farinosa

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, Candler County and Georgia
MeasureCandler CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 95 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 47 58 608
Tree 19 — 202
Shrub 19 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 34 — 908
Grass or grass-like 16 — 403
Vine 0 — 78
Fern 7 — 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
Candler County (county FIPS 13043), Georgia. 95 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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