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Native plants of Lamar County

52 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Lamar County by USDA PLANTS. 17 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Lamar County, Georgia

PLANTS records only 17 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Georgia list is a useful second check.

Native species
52 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
17 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 52 native species)
Percent of the 52 native species in each growth type
Tree 6% (3)
Shrub 4% (2)
Wildflower (forb) 44% (23)
Grass or grass-like 12% (6)
Vine 23% (12)
Fern 12% (6)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (44%), followed by vines (23%).

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 17

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

Garden-ready native plants of Lamar County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun Low Zone 4a
cat greenbrier Smilax glauca Vine 1 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Fern 4.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
common winterberry Ilex verticillata Tree 10 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4b
coppery St. Johnswort Hypericum denticulatum Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 7b
deerberry Vaccinium stamineum Shrub 16 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
devil's darning needles Clematis virginiana Vine 15 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
graybark grape Vitis cinerea Vine 50 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6b
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
roundleaf greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia Vine 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox Vine 4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
shortbristle horned beaksedge Rhynchospora corniculata Grass or grass-like 6.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 6a
trumpet creeper Campsis radicans Vine 2 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia Vine 1 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a
winged sumac Rhus copallinum Tree 8 ft Sun Low Zone 4b

Other native species recorded here 35

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.

  • anisescented goldenrod Solidago odora
  • bearded flatsedge Cyperus squarrosus
  • bristly greenbrier Smilax tamnoides
  • Carolina clover Trifolium carolinianum
  • Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
  • climbing dogbane Trachelospermum difforme
  • combleaf yellow false foxglove Aureolaria pectinata
  • crossvine Bignonia capreolata
  • downy danthonia Danthonia sericea
  • downy lobelia Lobelia puberula
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • Elliott's bentgrass Agrostis elliottiana
  • false spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum pseudomaculatum
  • fox grape Vitis labrusca
  • greater tickseed Coreopsis major
  • hairy umbrella-sedge Fuirena squarrosa
  • manyflower marshpennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
  • Michaux's croton Croton michauxii
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • paleleaf woodland sunflower Helianthus strumosus
  • pink fuzzybean Strophostyles umbellata
  • procession flower Polygala incarnata
  • racemed milkwort Polygala polygama
  • sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
  • slender lespedeza Lespedeza virginica
  • small woodland sunflower Helianthus microcephalus
  • Small's ragwort Packera anonyma
  • smallflower phacelia Phacelia dubia
  • smooth yellow false foxglove Aureolaria flava
  • southern mountainmint Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
  • spreading sandmat Chamaesyce humistrata
  • stiff yellow flax Linum medium
  • thickleaf phlox Phlox carolina
  • whorled marshpennywort Hydrocotyle verticillata
  • witchgrass Panicum capillare

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, Lamar County and Georgia
MeasureLamar CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 52 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 17 58 608
Tree 3 — 202
Shrub 2 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 23 — 908
Grass or grass-like 6 — 403
Vine 12 — 78
Fern 6 — 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
Lamar County (county FIPS 13171), Georgia. 52 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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