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Native plants of Greene County

117 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Greene County by USDA PLANTS. 49 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Greene County, Georgia

Native species
117 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
49 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 117 native species)
Percent of the 117 native species in each growth type
Tree 24% (28)
Shrub 4% (5)
Wildflower (forb) 46% (54)
Grass or grass-like 17% (20)
Vine 3% (3)
Fern 6% (7)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (46%), followed by trees (24%).

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

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

Garden-ready natives 49

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

Garden-ready native plants of Greene County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American beautyberry Callicarpa americana Shrub 6 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 6b
American beech Fagus grandifolia Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis Tree 75 ft Sun Medium Zone 2b
black cherry Prunus serotina Tree 80 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium Tree 16 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
bluntleaf bedstraw Galium obtusum Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
bristly buttercup Ranunculus hispidus Wildflower (forb) 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
calico aster Symphyotrichum lateriflorum Wildflower (forb) 4 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
Canada goldenrod Solidago altissima Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
Carolina foxtail Alopecurus carolinianus Grass or grass-like 1.7 ft Sun Low Zone 3a
chestnut oak Quercus montana Tree 73 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
common persimmon Diospyros virginiana Tree 55 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
crimsoneyed rosemallow Hibiscus moscheutos Wildflower (forb) 6.6 ft Sun High Zone 6a
cucumber tree Magnolia acuminata Tree 100 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5b
dwarf palmetto Sabal minor Tree 9 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
eastern gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun High Zone 5a
fall panicgrass Panicum dichotomiflorum Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Sun High Zone 3a
gray goldenrod Solidago nemoralis Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
lanceleaf greenbrier Smilax smallii Vine 1 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6b
Mississippi buttercup Ranunculus laxicaulis Wildflower (forb) 1.2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 6b
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 red oak Quercus rubra Tree 81 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
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
painted buckeye Aesculus sylvatica Tree 65 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 8a
partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata Wildflower (forb) 2.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
pawpaw Asimina triloba Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
possumhaw Ilex decidua Tree 33 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
post oak Quercus stellata Tree 60 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun Low Zone 3a
rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum Fern 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
shagbark hickory Carya ovata Tree 75 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3a
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
southern catalpa Catalpa bignonioides Tree 66 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 5b
southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora Tree 100 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
southern sugar maple Acer floridanum Tree 50 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
sugarberry Celtis laevigata Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
velvet panicum Dichanthelium scoparium Grass or grass-like 4.3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
Virginia wildrye Elymus virginicus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4b
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a
white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
willow oak Quercus phellos Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a
winged elm Ulmus alata Tree 65 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b

Other native species recorded here 68

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
  • annual fimbry Fimbristylis annua
  • beaked cornsalad Valerianella radiata
  • bluntlobe cliff fern Woodsia obtusa
  • cankerweed Prenanthes serpentaria
  • Carolina clover Trifolium carolinianum
  • Carolina wild petunia Ruellia caroliniensis
  • Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
  • creeping eryngo Eryngium prostratum
  • crossvine Bignonia capreolata
  • crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
  • Curtiss' milkwort Polygala curtissii
  • densetuft hairsedge Bulbostylis capillaris
  • Dillenius' ticktrefoil Desmodium glabellum
  • dogfennel Eupatorium capillifolium
  • downy lobelia Lobelia puberula
  • downy rattlesnake plantain Goodyera pubescens
  • dwarf ginseng Panax trifolius
  • dwarf hawthorn Crataegus uniflora
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • Elliott's bentgrass Agrostis elliottiana
  • Engelmann's spikerush Eleocharis engelmannii
  • fan clubmoss Lycopodium digitatum
  • Florida paspalum Paspalum floridanum
  • gaping grass Steinchisma hians
  • hairy clustervine Jacquemontia tamnifolia
  • harvestbells Gentiana saponaria
  • herbwilliam Ptilimnium capillaceum
  • juniper leaf Polypremum procumbens
  • keeled bulrush Isolepis carinata
  • largeflower tickseed Coreopsis grandiflora
  • leafy bulrush Scirpus polyphyllus
  • longleaf summer bluet Houstonia longifolia
  • Maryland goldenaster Chrysopsis mariana
  • Maryland meadowbeauty Rhexia mariana
  • meadow spikemoss Selaginella apoda
  • Michaux's croton Croton michauxii
  • mucronate sprangletop Leptochloa panicea
  • palegreen orchid Platanthera flava
  • Philadelphia panicgrass Panicum philadelphicum
  • potato dwarfdandelion Krigia dandelion
  • prostrate blue violet Viola walteri
  • purple false foxglove Agalinis purpurea
  • rice button aster Symphyotrichum dumosum
  • rosepink Sabatia angularis
  • Sampson's snakeroot Orbexilum pedunculatum
  • sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
  • sicklepod Arabis canadensis
  • slender lespedeza Lespedeza virginica
  • small skullcap Scutellaria parvula
  • Small's ragwort Packera anonyma
  • smallflower phacelia Phacelia dubia
  • spotted geranium Geranium maculatum
  • spotted water hemlock Cicuta maculata
  • spring forget-me-not Myosotis verna
  • St. Andrew's cross Hypericum hypericoides
  • striped prince's pine Chimaphila maculata
  • tapered rosette grass Dichanthelium acuminatum
  • trailing lespedeza Lespedeza procumbens
  • Virginia snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
  • white turtlehead Chelone glabra
  • white wild indigo Baptisia alba
  • whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
  • witchgrass Panicum capillare
  • woodland pinkroot Spigelia marilandica
  • woolly ragwort Packera tomentosa
  • yankeeweed Eupatorium compositifolium
  • yellow thistle Cirsium horridulum

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, Greene County and Georgia
MeasureGreene CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 117 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 49 58 608
Tree 28 — 202
Shrub 5 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 54 — 908
Grass or grass-like 20 — 403
Vine 3 — 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
Greene County (county FIPS 13133), Georgia. 117 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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