Native plants · Georgia

Native plants of Chattahoochee County

19 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Chattahoochee County by USDA PLANTS. 11 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Chattahoochee County, Georgia

PLANTS records only 11 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Georgia list is a useful second check.

Native species: 19 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives: 11 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 19 native species): Percent of the 19 native species in each growth type

Tree 37% (7)
Shrub 11% (2)
Wildflower (forb) 37% (7)
Grass or grass-like 5% (1)
Fern 11% (2)

Trees make up the largest share of the native list (37%), followed by wildflowers (37%).

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 8b (2023 map).

The native plant list

Garden-ready natives 11

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

Garden-ready native plants of Chattahoochee County, Georgia
Plant	Type	Height	Light	Water use	Hardy to
American beautyberry Callicarpa americana	Shrub	6 ft	Sun–part shade	Low	Zone 6b
black cherry Prunus serotina	Tree	80 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 4a
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica	Tree	25 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 6a
cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea	Fern	4.9 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 4a
flowering dogwood Cornus florida	Tree	30 ft	Shade-tolerant	Low	Zone 4b
giant cane Arundinaria gigantea	Shrub	25 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 5a
partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata	Wildflower (forb)	2.4 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 7a
possumhaw Viburnum nudum	Tree	15 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 4a
swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora	Tree	30 ft	Shade-tolerant	—	Zone 6b
turkey oak Quercus laevis	Tree	40 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 7a
winged sumac Rhus copallinum	Tree	8 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 4b

Other native species recorded here 8

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.

birdfoot violet Viola pedata
cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia
slender Indiangrass Sorghastrum elliottii
southern blue monkshood Aconitum uncinatum
spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
white wild indigo Baptisia alba

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, Chattahoochee County and Georgia
Measure	Chattahoochee County	Typical county	Statewide
Native species	19	129	1,750
Garden-ready natives	11	58	608
Tree	7	—	202
Shrub	2	—	91
Wildflower (forb)	7	—	908
Grass or grass-like	1	—	403
Vine	0	—	78
Fern	2	—	68

Neighboring counties

Counties that share a ZIP code with Chattahoochee County.

Muscogee County, GA 44 garden-ready
Stewart County, GA 21 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: Chattahoochee County (county FIPS 13053), Georgia. 19 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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