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Native plants of Paulding County

53 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Paulding County by USDA PLANTS. 22 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 1 more species is listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Paulding County, Georgia

PLANTS records only 22 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Georgia list is a useful second check.

Native species
53 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
22 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 53 native species)
Percent of the 53 native species in each growth type
Tree 25% (13)
Wildflower (forb) 42% (22)
Grass or grass-like 8% (4)
Vine 8% (4)
Fern 19% (10)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (42%), followed by trees (25%).

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

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

Garden-ready natives 22

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

Garden-ready native plants of Paulding County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
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
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
Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun Medium Zone 12b
cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Fern 4.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
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
loblolly pine Pinus taeda Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 6b
longleaf pine Pinus palustris Tree 120 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
New York fern Thelypteris noveboracensis Fern 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
rattlesnake fern Botrychium virginianum Fern 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
red maple Acer rubrum Tree 68 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
river birch Betula nigra Tree 70 ft Sun High Zone 4a
southern red oak Quercus falcata Tree 75 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6a
swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii Tree 80 ft Sun Medium Zone 5a
variable panicgrass Dichanthelium commutatum Grass or grass-like 4.9 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia Vine 1 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 4b
Virginia pine Pinus virginiana Tree 70 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
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 31

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.

  • amberique-bean Strophostyles helvola
  • arrowhead rattlebox Crotalaria sagittalis
  • birdfoot violet Viola pedata
  • Carolina vetch Vicia caroliniana
  • Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
  • clasping milkweed Asclepias amplexicaulis
  • Copenhagen hawthorn Crataegus intricata
  • crossvine Bignonia capreolata
  • Curtiss' milkwort Polygala curtissii
  • cutleaf grapefern Botrychium dissectum
  • dwarf crested iris Iris cristata
  • early blue violet Viola ×palmata
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • false aloe Manfreda virginica
  • false flowering spurge Euphorbia pubentissima
  • hairy lipfern Cheilanthes lanosa
  • hairy sunflower Helianthus hirsutus
  • harvestbells Gentiana saponaria
  • Illinois pinweed Lechea racemulosa
  • meadow spikemoss Selaginella apoda
  • Michaux's croton Croton michauxii
  • redring milkweed Asclepias variegata
  • roundseed panicgrass Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
  • rue anemone Thalictrum thalictroides
  • sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
  • slender lespedeza Lespedeza virginica
  • slender woodland sedge Carex digitalis
  • sparselobe grapefern Botrychium biternatum
  • twoflower dwarfdandelion Krigia biflora
  • whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata
  • woolly ragwort Packera tomentosa
Also listed as native and introduced here 1

PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.

  • hedge false bindweedCalystegia sepium

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, Paulding County and Georgia
MeasurePaulding CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 53 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 22 58 608
Tree 13 — 202
Shrub 0 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 22 — 908
Grass or grass-like 4 — 403
Vine 4 — 78
Fern 10 — 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
Paulding County (county FIPS 13223), Georgia. 53 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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