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Native plants of Fannin County

157 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Fannin County by USDA PLANTS. 76 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Fannin County, Georgia

Native species
157 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
76 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 157 native species)
Percent of the 157 native species in each growth type
Tree 23% (36)
Shrub 6% (10)
Wildflower (forb) 45% (70)
Grass or grass-like 10% (15)
Vine 8% (13)
Fern 8% (13)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (45%), followed by trees (23%).

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 7b (2023 map).

The native plant list

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

Garden-ready natives 76

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

Garden-ready native plants of Fannin County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American basswood Tilia americana Tree 100 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
American holly Ilex opaca Tree 40 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
American witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana Tree 20 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis Tree 75 ft Sun Medium Zone 2b
black oak Quercus velutina Tree 80 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
blackgum Nyssa sylvatica Tree 95 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
broadleaf rosette grass Dichanthelium latifolium Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 3a
broom sedge Carex scoparia Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3b
bursting-heart Euonymus americanus Wildflower (forb) 6 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
Canadian lousewort Pedicularis canadensis Wildflower (forb) 1.3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
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
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
cucumber tree Magnolia acuminata Tree 100 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5b
deerberry Vaccinium stamineum Shrub 16 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
dense blazing star Liatris spicata Wildflower (forb) 4.5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5b
devil's darning needles Clematis virginiana Vine 15 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides Tree 190 ft Sun High Zone 3a
flattened oatgrass Danthonia compressa Grass or grass-like 2.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
fox sedge Carex vulpinoidea Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
frost grape Vitis vulpina Vine 83 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
gray goldenrod Solidago nemoralis Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
great laurel Rhododendron maximum Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
greater bladder sedge Carex intumescens Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
horseflyweed Baptisia tinctoria Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Sun Low Zone 7b
Jack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5b
lanceleaf loosestrife Lysimachia lanceolata Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
maleberry Lyonia ligustrina Shrub 9 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 5a
mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia Tree 6 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
mountain magnolia Magnolia fraseri Tree 75 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 6a
muscadine Vitis rotundifolia Vine 30 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5b
narrowleaf evening primrose Oenothera fruticosa Wildflower (forb) 3.3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus Shrub 3 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
New York fern Thelypteris noveboracensis Fern 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
northern maidenhair Adiantum pedatum Fern 1.3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
pawpaw Asimina triloba Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
possumhaw Viburnum nudum Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
post oak Quercus stellata Tree 60 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
poverty rush Juncus tenuis Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
prairie willow Salix humilis Shrub 10 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum Fern 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia Shrub 5 ft Sun High Zone 5b
red maple Acer rubrum Tree 68 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
redtop panicgrass Panicum rigidulum Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Sun High Zone 4a
roundleaf goldenrod Solidago patula Wildflower (forb) 6.6 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
roundleaf greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia Vine 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
sassafras Sassafras albidum Tree 75 ft Sun Low Zone 4b
scarlet oak Quercus coccinea Tree 70 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
silky willow Salix sericea Tree 12 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4b
slender woodoats Chasmanthium laxum Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
slippery elm Ulmus rubra Tree 85 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3a
smooth azalea Rhododendron arborescens Shrub 18 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
smooth phlox Phlox glaberrima Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4b
southern arrowwood Viburnum dentatum Tree 8 ft Sun–part shade — Zone 5a
southern red oak Quercus falcata Tree 75 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6a
striped maple Acer pensylvanicum Tree 35 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 2b
sugar maple Acer saccharum Tree 100 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
summer grape Vitis aestivalis Vine 30 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata Wildflower (forb) 4.9 ft Sun High Zone 3b
sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a
Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica Shrub 10 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
Virginia water horehound Lycopus virginicus Wildflower (forb) 4 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
white ash Fraxinus americana Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 4a
whitegrass Leersia virginica Grass or grass-like 3.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
winged elm Ulmus alata Tree 65 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
winter bentgrass Agrostis hyemalis Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a

Other native species recorded here 81

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.

  • Aaron's rod Thermopsis villosa
  • agueweed Gentianella quinquefolia
  • Allegheny hawkweed Hieracium paniculatum
  • American spikenard Aralia racemosa
  • Atlantic goldenrod Solidago arguta
  • bastard toadflax Comandra umbellata
  • Blue Ridge blueberry Vaccinium pallidum
  • bluntlobe cliff fern Woodsia obtusa
  • bristly locust Robinia hispida
  • Carolina bugbane Trautvetteria caroliniensis
  • Carolina springbeauty Claytonia caroliniana
  • Carolina vetch Vicia caroliniana
  • carpenter's square Scrophularia marilandica
  • chinquapin Castanea pumila
  • Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
  • common yellow oxalis Oxalis stricta
  • Curtiss' milkwort Polygala curtissii
  • downy danthonia Danthonia sericea
  • downy rattlesnake plantain Goodyera pubescens
  • eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
  • eastern sweetshrub Calycanthus floridus
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • fan clubmoss Lycopodium digitatum
  • flame azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum
  • flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata
  • fox grape Vitis labrusca
  • great ragweed Ambrosia trifida
  • hairy alumroot Heuchera villosa
  • hairy angelica Angelica venenosa
  • hairy skullcap Scutellaria elliptica
  • handsome Harry Rhexia virginica
  • harvestbells Gentiana saponaria
  • helmet flower Scutellaria integrifolia
  • Illinois pinweed Lechea racemulosa
  • Indian cucumber Medeola virginiana
  • intermediate woodfern Dryopteris intermedia
  • king of the meadow Thalictrum pubescens
  • lateflowering thoroughwort Eupatorium serotinum
  • leafy bulrush Scirpus polyphyllus
  • lesser yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium parviflorum
  • longbranch frostweed Helianthemum canadense
  • maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
  • marginal woodfern Dryopteris marginalis
  • Maryland goldenaster Chrysopsis mariana
  • Maryland meadowbeauty Rhexia mariana
  • moccasin flower Cypripedium acaule
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • Norwegian cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica
  • pale beardtongue Penstemon pallidus
  • pinesap Monotropa hypopitys
  • pipevine Aristolochia macrophylla
  • poke milkweed Asclepias exaltata
  • purple meadowparsnip Thaspium trifoliatum
  • queendevil Hieracium gronovii
  • rabbit-tobacco Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
  • redring milkweed Asclepias variegata
  • ribbed sedge Carex virescens
  • richweed Collinsonia canadensis
  • running clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
  • seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia
  • showy goldenrod Solidago erecta
  • small green wood orchid Platanthera clavellata
  • smooth oxeye Heliopsis helianthoides
  • southern crab apple Malus angustifolia
  • star tickseed Coreopsis pubescens
  • swamp leather flower Clematis crispa
  • sweetscented joe pye weed Eutrochium purpureum
  • turk's-cap lily Lilium superbum
  • twining screwstem Bartonia paniculata
  • vasevine Clematis viorna
  • Venus' pride Houstonia purpurea
  • white baneberry Actaea pachypoda
  • white colicroot Aletris farinosa
  • white snakeroot Ageratina altissima
  • white thoroughwort Eupatorium album
  • white trillium Trillium grandiflorum
  • white wild indigo Baptisia alba
  • white wood aster Eurybia divaricata
  • whorled yellow loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia
  • woodland pinkroot Spigelia marilandica
  • 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.

Native species counts, Fannin County and Georgia
MeasureFannin CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 157 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 76 58 608
Tree 36 — 202
Shrub 10 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 70 — 908
Grass or grass-like 15 — 403
Vine 13 — 78
Fern 13 — 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
Fannin County (county FIPS 13111), Georgia. 157 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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