Native plants · Georgia

Native plants of Haralson County

74 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Haralson County by USDA PLANTS. 31 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Haralson County, Georgia

Native species: 74 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives: 31 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 74 native species): Percent of the 74 native species in each growth type

Tree 26% (19)
Shrub 9% (7)
Wildflower (forb) 38% (28)
Grass or grass-like 4% (3)
Vine 8% (6)
Fern 15% (11)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (38%), followed by trees (26%).

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 8a (2023 map).

The native plant list

Garden-ready natives 31

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

Garden-ready native plants of Haralson County, Georgia
Plant	Type	Height	Light	Water use	Hardy to
American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana	Tree	30 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 4a
American snowbell Styrax americanus	Tree	10 ft	Sun–part shade	—	Zone 5b
bigleaf snowbell Styrax grandifolius	Tree	10 ft	Sun–part shade	—	Zone 4b
bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis	Tree	75 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 2b
black willow Salix nigra	Tree	100 ft	Sun	High	Zone 1b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica	Tree	25 ft	Sun	Low	Zone 6a
bristly buttercup Ranunculus hispidus	Wildflower (forb)	2.5 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 4a
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
cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea	Fern	4.9 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 4a
common sweetleaf Symplocos tinctoria	Tree	20 ft	Shade-tolerant	—	Zone 5a
deerberry Vaccinium stamineum	Shrub	16 ft	Shade-tolerant	Low	Zone 5a
graybark grape Vitis cinerea	Vine	50 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 6b
Indianhemp Apocynum cannabinum	Wildflower (forb)	3.3 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 3a
Jack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum	Wildflower (forb)	1.5 ft	Shade-tolerant	High	Zone 5b
longleaf pine Pinus palustris	Tree	120 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 7a
mountain azalea Rhododendron canescens	Shrub	14 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 6a
mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia	Tree	6 ft	Shade-tolerant	Low	Zone 5a
muscadine Vitis rotundifolia	Vine	30 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 5b
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 red oak Quercus rubra	Tree	81 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 3b
red buckeye Aesculus pavia	Tree	25 ft	Shade-tolerant	High	Zone 5a
river birch Betula nigra	Tree	70 ft	Sun	High	Zone 4a
silky dogwood Cornus amomum	Shrub	10 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 3b
sugarberry Celtis laevigata	Tree	80 ft	Shade-tolerant	High	Zone 5a
summer grape Vitis aestivalis	Vine	30 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 5a
swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii	Tree	80 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 5a
sweetbay Magnolia virginiana	Tree	60 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 9a
umbrella-tree Magnolia tripetala	Tree	30 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 7a
water oak Quercus nigra	Tree	90 ft	Sun	High	Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 43

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 alumroot Heuchera americana
Appalachian clubmoss Huperzia appalachiana
beechdrops Epifagus virginiana
birdfoot violet Viola pedata
blackseed speargrass Piptochaetium avenaceum
bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
Blue Ridge blueberry Vaccinium pallidum
Carolina vetch Vicia caroliniana
chinquapin Castanea pumila
clasping milkweed Asclepias amplexicaulis
coastal plain blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium fuscatum
common cinquefoil Potentilla simplex
cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
eastern bluestar Amsonia tabernaemontana
eastern hayscented fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula
eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
eastern sweetshrub Calycanthus floridus
false aloe Manfreda virginica
fan clubmoss Lycopodium digitatum
feathery false lily of the valley Maianthemum racemosum
fire pink Silene virginica
flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata
hairy lipfern Cheilanthes lanosa
halberdleaf yellow violet Viola hastata
heartleaf foamflower Tiarella cordifolia
longbract wild indigo Baptisia bracteata
maidenhair spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
meadow spikemoss Selaginella apoda
moccasin flower Cypripedium acaule
netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
robin's plantain Erigeron pulchellus
rue anemone Thalictrum thalictroides
sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
shiny wedgescale Sphenopholis nitida
smooth carrionflower Smilax herbacea
smooth Solomon's seal Polygonatum biflorum
sparselobe grapefern Botrychium biternatum
trailing arbutus Epigaea repens
twoflower dwarfdandelion Krigia biflora
twoflower melicgrass Melica mutica
Viola ×primulifolia Viola ×primulifolia
Virginia pennywort Obolaria virginica
yellowroot Xanthorhiza simplicissima

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, Haralson County and Georgia
Measure	Haralson County	Typical county	Statewide
Native species	74	129	1,750
Garden-ready natives	31	58	608
Tree	19	—	202
Shrub	7	—	91
Wildflower (forb)	28	—	908
Grass or grass-like	3	—	403
Vine	6	—	78
Fern	11	—	68

Neighboring counties

Counties that share a ZIP code with Haralson County.

Carroll County, GA 74 garden-ready
Polk County, GA 19 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: Haralson County (county FIPS 13143), Georgia. 74 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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