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Native plants of Jasper County

109 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Jasper County by USDA PLANTS. 51 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Jasper County, Georgia

Native species
109 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
51 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 109 native species)
Percent of the 109 native species in each growth type
Tree 21% (23)
Shrub 2% (2)
Wildflower (forb) 51% (56)
Grass or grass-like 12% (13)
Vine 6% (6)
Fern 8% (9)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (51%), followed by trees (21%).

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 8a to 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 51

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

Garden-ready native plants of Jasper County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
alternateleaf dogwood Cornus alternifolia Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
American witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana Tree 20 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
autumn bluegrass Poa autumnalis Grass or grass-like 1.5 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6b
blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium Tree 16 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
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
buckthorn bully Sideroxylon lycioides Tree 9.8 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
bursting-heart Euonymus americanus Wildflower (forb) 6 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
cardinalflower Lobelia cardinalis Wildflower (forb) 5.9 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4a
Carolina buckthorn Frangula caroliniana Tree 20 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 4b
Chickasaw plum Prunus angustifolia Tree 12 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Fern 4.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
cockspur hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli Tree 30 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Wildflower (forb) 8.2 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 3b
devil's walkingstick Aralia spinosa Tree 20 ft Sun High Zone 4b
ditch stonecrop Penthorum sedoides Wildflower (forb) 2.6 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
dwarf palmetto Sabal minor Tree 9 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
eastern baccharis Baccharis halimifolia Tree 10 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 7a
eastern gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun High Zone 5a
eastern redbud Cercis canadensis Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
field paspalum Paspalum laeve Grass or grass-like 2.9 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6a
highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Shrub 12 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
Indian woodoats Chasmanthium latifolium Grass or grass-like 4.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
Jack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5b
longleaf woodoats Chasmanthium sessiliflorum Grass or grass-like 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
marsh seedbox Ludwigia palustris Wildflower (forb) 2 in Sun High Zone 4a
Maryland senna Senna marilandica Wildflower (forb) 6.6 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 5b
New York ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis Wildflower (forb) 6.6 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
nodding lady's tresses Spiranthes cernua Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Sun High Zone 3b
painted buckeye Aesculus sylvatica Tree 65 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 8a
parsley hawthorn Crataegus marshallii Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
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
Pennsylvania bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
possumhaw Ilex decidua Tree 33 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun Low Zone 3a
purpletop tridens Tridens flavus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum Fern 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
red mulberry Morus rubra Tree 70 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
slippery elm Ulmus rubra Tree 85 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 3a
southern sugar maple Acer floridanum Tree 50 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
sugarberry Celtis laevigata Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
trumpet honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Vine 16 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
twoheaded water-starwort Callitriche heterophylla Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 4a
wax myrtle Morella cerifera Tree 10 ft Sun High Zone 7a
white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
whitegrass Leersia virginica Grass or grass-like 3.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
wrinkleleaf goldenrod Solidago rugosa Wildflower (forb) 3.3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a

Other native species recorded here 58

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.

  • Alabama supplejack Berchemia scandens
  • American alumroot Heuchera americana
  • Appalachian quillwort Isoetes engelmannii
  • axilflower Mecardonia acuminata
  • birdfoot violet Viola pedata
  • bluejacket Tradescantia ohiensis
  • bristly greenbrier Smilax tamnoides
  • camphorweed Heterotheca subaxillaris
  • Canadian licorice-root Ligusticum canadense
  • Carolina anemone Anemone caroliniana
  • Carolina vetch Vicia caroliniana
  • Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
  • common boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
  • cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
  • devil's grandmother Elephantopus tomentosus
  • downy lobelia Lobelia puberula
  • early buttercup Ranunculus fascicularis
  • eastern bluestar Amsonia tabernaemontana
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • fan clubmoss Lycopodium digitatum
  • feathery false lily of the valley Maianthemum racemosum
  • field pansy Viola bicolor
  • globe beaksedge Rhynchospora globularis
  • Kral's sedge Carex kraliana
  • longleaf summer bluet Houstonia longifolia
  • low spearwort Ranunculus pusillus
  • mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
  • Michaux's croton Croton michauxii
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • orange coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida
  • pale beardtongue Penstemon pallidus
  • perfoliate bellwort Uvularia perfoliata
  • pink fuzzybean Strophostyles umbellata
  • potato dwarfdandelion Krigia dandelion
  • rose mock vervain Glandularia canadensis
  • rusty blackhaw Viburnum rufidulum
  • seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia
  • sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
  • shiny wedgescale Sphenopholis nitida
  • smooth Solomon's seal Polygonatum biflorum
  • southern jointweed Polygonella americana
  • sparselobe grapefern Botrychium biternatum
  • spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
  • spring forget-me-not Myosotis verna
  • spurred butterfly pea Centrosema virginianum
  • starved panicgrass Dichanthelium depauperatum
  • striped gentian Gentiana villosa
  • tall thistle Cirsium altissimum
  • violet woodsorrel Oxalis violacea
  • Virginia springbeauty Claytonia virginica
  • Virginia strawberry Fragaria virginiana
  • white blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium albidum
  • white turtlehead Chelone glabra
  • whitetinge sedge Carex albicans
  • whorled milkwort Polygala ambigua
  • woodland pinkroot Spigelia marilandica
  • yellow thistle Cirsium horridulum
  • yellowseed false pimpernel Lindernia dubia

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, Jasper County and Georgia
MeasureJasper CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 109 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 51 58 608
Tree 23 — 202
Shrub 2 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 56 — 908
Grass or grass-like 13 — 403
Vine 6 — 78
Fern 9 — 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
Jasper County (county FIPS 13159), Georgia. 109 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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