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Native plants of Jenkins County

122 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Jenkins County by USDA PLANTS. 61 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Jenkins County, Georgia

Native species
122 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
61 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 122 native species)
Percent of the 122 native species in each growth type
Tree 16% (20)
Shrub 10% (12)
Wildflower (forb) 47% (57)
Grass or grass-like 17% (21)
Vine 4% (5)
Fern 6% (7)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (47%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (17%).

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 61

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

Garden-ready native plants of Jenkins County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American bur-reed Sparganium americanum Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
American cupscale Sacciolepis striata Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun Low Zone 5b
American pokeweed Phytolacca americana Wildflower (forb) 7.3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
awlfruit sedge Carex stipata Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
bigleaf snowbell Styrax grandifolius Tree 10 ft Sun–part shade — Zone 4b
blackgum Nyssa sylvatica Tree 95 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
butterweed Packera glabella Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Sun High Zone 10b
cardinalflower Lobelia cardinalis Wildflower (forb) 5.9 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4a
Carolina silverbell Halesia carolina Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia Shrub 16 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
coon's tail Ceratophyllum demersum Wildflower (forb) — Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
dotted smartweed Polygonum punctatum Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Sun Medium Zone 10b
dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa Shrub 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
false daisy Eclipta prostrata Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 10b
fetterbush lyonia Lyonia lucida Shrub 6.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7b
fox sedge Carex vulpinoidea Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
fragrant flatsedge Cyperus odoratus Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun Medium Zone 11b
giant cane Arundinaria gigantea Shrub 25 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
greater bladder sedge Carex intumescens Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
Gulf Sebastian-bush Ditrysinia fruticosa Shrub 12 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5b
Jack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5b
knotgrass Paspalum distichum Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun High Zone 6a
laurel oak Quercus laurifolia Tree 70 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
lesser creeping rush Juncus repens Grass or grass-like 6.8 ft Sun High Zone 8b
loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus Tree 65 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 7a
Mississippi buttercup Ranunculus laxicaulis Wildflower (forb) 1.2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 6b
needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides Grass or grass-like 3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 7a
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
Ogeechee tupelo Nyssa ogeche Tree 50 ft Sun High Zone 6b
overcup oak Quercus lyrata Tree 80 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
pickerelweed Pontederia cordata Wildflower (forb) 3.2 ft Sun High Zone 5a
pond cypress Taxodium ascendens Tree 100 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 8a
poorland flatsedge Cyperus compressus Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 11a
ravenfoot sedge Carex crus-corvi Grass or grass-like 3 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
red buckeye Aesculus pavia Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia Shrub 5 ft Sun High Zone 5b
running oak Quercus pumila Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 8b
shallow sedge Carex lurida Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
small-leaf arrowwood Viburnum obovatum Tree 12 ft Sun–part shade — Zone 7b
smallspike false nettle Boehmeria cylindrica Wildflower (forb) 3.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
smooth beggartick Bidens laevis Wildflower (forb) 3.3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 12b
southern waternymph Najas guadalupensis Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun High Zone 3b
southern waxy sedge Carex glaucescens Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 6a
sugarcane plumegrass Saccharum giganteum Grass or grass-like 9.8 ft Sun Medium Zone 4b
summer grape Vitis aestivalis Vine 30 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
swamp doghobble Eubotrys racemosus Shrub 13 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
swamp smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides Wildflower (forb) — Sun Medium Zone 10b
three-way sedge Dulichium arundinaceum Grass or grass-like 2.6 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
turkey oak Quercus laevis Tree 40 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
two-wing silverbell Halesia diptera Tree 15 ft Sun–part shade — Zone 8a
twoheaded water-starwort Callitriche heterophylla Wildflower (forb) — Sun High Zone 4a
valdivia duckweed Lemna valdiviana Wildflower (forb) 1 in Sun High Zone 4a
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a
wax myrtle Morella cerifera Tree 10 ft Sun High Zone 7a
white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
willow oak Quercus phellos Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a
woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a

Other native species recorded here 61

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 white waterlily Nymphaea odorata
  • aquatic milkweed Asclepias perennis
  • awl-leaf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata
  • bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
  • broadwing sedge Carex alata
  • button eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium
  • Canada toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
  • Carolina desert-chicory Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
  • Carolina mosquitofern Azolla caroliniana
  • Carolina sedge Carex caroliniana
  • Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
  • coastal false asphodel Triantha racemosa
  • combleaf mermaidweed Proserpinaca pectinata
  • common carpetgrass Axonopus fissifolius
  • common pricklyash Zanthoxylum americanum
  • common yellow oxalis Oxalis stricta
  • early St. Johnswort Hypericum nudiflorum
  • eastern sweetshrub Calycanthus floridus
  • Elliott's fanpetals Sida elliottii
  • Elliott's rush Juncus elliottii
  • erect centella Centella erecta
  • false aloe Manfreda virginica
  • false flowering spurge Euphorbia pubentissima
  • Florida mudmidget Wolffiella gladiata
  • giant sedge Carex gigantea
  • goldenclub Orontium aquaticum
  • Guadeloupe cucumber Melothria pendula
  • gum bully Sideroxylon lanuginosum
  • handsome Harry Rhexia virginica
  • humped bladderwort Utricularia gibba
  • lax hornpod Mitreola petiolata
  • least duckweed Lemna minuta
  • lizard's tail Saururus cernuus
  • marsh rose gentian Sabatia dodecandra
  • mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • nodding beaksedge Rhynchospora inexpansa
  • piedmont staggerbush Lyonia mariana
  • pink bogbutton Sclerolepis uniflora
  • queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
  • Sampson's snakeroot Orbexilum pedunculatum
  • seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia
  • sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
  • shiny coneflower Rudbeckia nitida
  • Small's yelloweyed grass Xyris smalliana
  • sparselobe grapefern Botrychium biternatum
  • spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia
  • spotted geranium Geranium maculatum
  • sticky catchfly Silene caroliniana
  • stinking camphorweed Pluchea foetida
  • vasevine Clematis viorna
  • Virginia chainfern Woodwardia virginica
  • Virginia dwarfdandelion Krigia virginica
  • watershield Brasenia schreberi
  • western tansymustard Descurainia pinnata
  • white colicroot Aletris farinosa
  • whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata
  • wild yam Dioscorea villosa
  • yellow fringed orchid Platanthera ciliaris
  • yellow screwstem Bartonia virginica

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, Jenkins County and Georgia
MeasureJenkins CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 122 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 61 58 608
Tree 20 — 202
Shrub 12 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 57 — 908
Grass or grass-like 21 — 403
Vine 5 — 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
Jenkins County (county FIPS 13165), Georgia. 122 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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