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Native plants of Pike County

106 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Pike County by USDA PLANTS. 49 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Pike County, Georgia

Native species
106 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
49 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 106 native species)
Percent of the 106 native species in each growth type
Tree 23% (24)
Shrub 4% (4)
Wildflower (forb) 40% (42)
Grass or grass-like 11% (12)
Vine 14% (15)
Fern 8% (9)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (40%), followed by trees (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 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 49

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

Garden-ready native plants of Pike County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American chestnut Castanea dentata Tree 115 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
American holly Ilex opaca Tree 40 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
big bluestem Andropogon gerardii Grass or grass-like 6 ft Sun Low Zone 2b
blackgum Nyssa sylvatica Tree 95 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
blackjack oak Quercus marilandica Tree 25 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
bulbous bittercress Cardamine bulbosa Wildflower (forb) 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
bushy bluestem Andropogon glomeratus Grass or grass-like 6.3 ft Sun High Zone 5a
cardinalflower Lobelia cardinalis Wildflower (forb) 5.9 ft Shade-tolerant 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
climbing hempvine Mikania scandens Vine 1 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3b
common hackberry Celtis occidentalis Tree 60 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 2b
common sweetleaf Symplocos tinctoria Tree 20 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 5a
devil's darning needles Clematis virginiana Vine 15 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
devil's walkingstick Aralia spinosa Tree 20 ft Sun High Zone 4b
eastern redbud Cercis canadensis Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Tree 28 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
graybark grape Vitis cinerea Vine 50 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6b
hazel alder Alnus serrulata Tree 30 ft Sun High Zone 5a
Indian woodoats Chasmanthium latifolium Grass or grass-like 4.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
inkberry Ilex glabra Shrub 8 ft Sun High Zone 6a
Jack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5b
laurel greenbrier Smilax laurifolia Vine 1 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 6b
loblolly pine Pinus taeda Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 6b
longleaf pine Pinus palustris Tree 120 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
mountain azalea Rhododendron canescens Shrub 14 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia Tree 6 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
muscadine Vitis rotundifolia Vine 30 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5b
narrowleaf evening primrose Oenothera fruticosa Wildflower (forb) 3.3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
New York fern Thelypteris noveboracensis Fern 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
orangegrass Hypericum gentianoides Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 12a
Pennsylvania bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica Wildflower (forb) 1.5 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
peppervine Nekemias arborea Vine 1 in Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
possumhaw Viburnum nudum Tree 15 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
possumhaw Ilex decidua Tree 33 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
prairie willow Salix humilis Shrub 10 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
roundleaf greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia Vine 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
sassafras Sassafras albidum Tree 75 ft Sun Low Zone 4b
saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox Vine 4 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
shortleaf pine Pinus echinata Tree 100 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum Tree 35 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 6a
splitbeard bluestem Andropogon ternarius Grass or grass-like 3.9 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5b
stiff dogwood Cornus foemina Tree 16 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 7a
swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 6b
trumpet creeper Campsis radicans Vine 2 ft Sun Low Zone 6a
tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera Tree 120 ft Sun Medium Zone 5b
Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica Shrub 10 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
water tupelo Nyssa aquatica Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a
willow oak Quercus phellos Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 57

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.

  • annual fimbry Fimbristylis annua
  • bearded flatsedge Cyperus squarrosus
  • broad beechfern Phegopteris hexagonoptera
  • buffalobur nightshade Solanum rostratum
  • Canadian blacksnakeroot Sanicula canadensis
  • Carolina bugbane Trautvetteria caroliniensis
  • Carolina coralbead Cocculus carolinus
  • chaffseed Schwalbea americana
  • clammy hedgehyssop Gratiola neglecta
  • climbing dogbane Trachelospermum difforme
  • crossvine Bignonia capreolata
  • crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve
  • devil's grandmother Elephantopus tomentosus
  • eastern milkpea Galactia regularis
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • fan clubmoss Lycopodium digitatum
  • field pansy Viola bicolor
  • Florida paspalum Paspalum floridanum
  • fox grape Vitis labrusca
  • foxtail clubmoss Lycopodiella alopecuroides
  • greater tickseed Coreopsis major
  • hairy bedstraw Galium pilosum
  • handsome Harry Rhexia virginica
  • herbwilliam Ptilimnium capillaceum
  • hirsute sedge Carex complanata
  • keeled bulrush Isolepis carinata
  • largeflower tickseed Coreopsis grandiflora
  • longbract wild indigo Baptisia bracteata
  • Maryland meadowbeauty Rhexia mariana
  • Michaux's croton Croton michauxii
  • narrowleaf primrose-willow Ludwigia linearis
  • narrowleaf whitetop aster Sericocarpus linifolius
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • poorjoe Diodia teres
  • racemed milkwort Polygala polygama
  • roundleaf thoroughwort Eupatorium rotundifolium
  • rusty blackhaw Viburnum rufidulum
  • Sampson's snakeroot Orbexilum pedunculatum
  • scaly blazing star Liatris squarrosa
  • sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
  • sensitive partridge pea Chamaecrista nictitans
  • sidebeak pencilflower Stylosanthes biflora
  • slender crabgrass Digitaria filiformis
  • slenderleaf false foxglove Agalinis tenuifolia
  • smallflower phacelia Phacelia dubia
  • sparselobe grapefern Botrychium biternatum
  • spotted beebalm Monarda punctata
  • turk's-cap lily Lilium superbum
  • whip nutrush Scleria triglomerata
  • white thoroughwort Eupatorium album
  • white turtlehead Chelone glabra
  • whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
  • wiry panicgrass Panicum flexile
  • woolly ragwort Packera tomentosa
  • yellow fringed orchid Platanthera ciliaris
  • yellow pimpernel Taenidia integerrima
  • yellow thistle Cirsium horridulum

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, Pike County and Georgia
MeasurePike CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 106 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 49 58 608
Tree 24 — 202
Shrub 4 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 42 — 908
Grass or grass-like 12 — 403
Vine 15 — 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
Pike County (county FIPS 13231), Georgia. 106 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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