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Native plants of Jeff Davis County

42 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Jeff Davis County by USDA PLANTS. 25 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Jeff Davis County, Georgia

PLANTS records only 25 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Georgia list is a useful second check.

Native species
42 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
25 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 42 native species)
Percent of the 42 native species in each growth type
Tree 31% (13)
Shrub 17% (7)
Wildflower (forb) 31% (13)
Grass or grass-like 10% (4)
Vine 2% (1)
Fern 10% (4)

Trees make up the largest share of the native list (31%), followed by wildflowers (31%).

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 9a (2023 map).

The native plant list

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

Garden-ready natives 25

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

Garden-ready native plants of Jeff Davis County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American wisteria Wisteria frutescens Vine 50 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
bushy bluestem Andropogon glomeratus Grass or grass-like 6.3 ft Sun High Zone 5a
Carolina redroot Lachnanthes caroliana Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 8b
comfortroot Hibiscus aculeatus Wildflower (forb) 3 ft Sun Medium Zone 8b
dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa Shrub 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
dwarf palmetto Sabal minor Tree 9 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Tree 28 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
fetterbush lyonia Lyonia lucida Shrub 6.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7b
hairawn muhly Muhlenbergia capillaris Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun High Zone 8a
highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Shrub 12 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
laurel oak Quercus laurifolia Tree 70 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
longleaf pine Pinus palustris Tree 120 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
mountain azalea Rhododendron canescens Shrub 14 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
New York ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis Wildflower (forb) 6.6 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
red buckeye Aesculus pavia Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
running oak Quercus pumila Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 8b
small-leaf arrowwood Viburnum obovatum Tree 12 ft Sun–part shade — Zone 7b
southern arrowwood Viburnum dentatum Tree 8 ft Sun–part shade — Zone 5a
swamp azalea Rhododendron viscosum Shrub 16 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5b
sweetbay Magnolia virginiana Tree 60 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 9a
turkey oak Quercus laevis Tree 40 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
two-wing silverbell Halesia diptera Tree 15 ft Sun–part shade — Zone 8a
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a
willow oak Quercus phellos Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 17

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.

  • cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
  • cylindricfruit primrose-willow Ludwigia glandulosa
  • drumheads Polygala cruciata
  • greenvein lady's tresses Spiranthes praecox
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • northern selaginella Selaginella rupestris
  • obedient plant Physostegia virginiana
  • piedmont staggerbush Lyonia mariana
  • queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
  • sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
  • sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora
  • slender clubmoss Lycopodiella caroliniana
  • smoothsheath sedge Carex laevivaginata
  • snakemouth orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides
  • southern bladderwort Utricularia juncea
  • tuberous grasspink Calopogon tuberosus
  • 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, Jeff Davis County and Georgia
MeasureJeff Davis CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 42 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 25 58 608
Tree 13 — 202
Shrub 7 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 13 — 908
Grass or grass-like 4 — 403
Vine 1 — 78
Fern 4 — 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
Jeff Davis County (county FIPS 13161), Georgia. 42 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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