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Native plants of Seminole County

144 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Seminole County by USDA PLANTS. 69 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

Seminole County, Georgia

Native species
144 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
69 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 144 native species)
Percent of the 144 native species in each growth type
Tree 19% (27)
Shrub 6% (9)
Wildflower (forb) 43% (62)
Grass or grass-like 26% (38)
Vine 5% (7)
Fern <1% (1)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (43%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (26%).

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 69

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

Garden-ready native plants of Seminole County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
American beautyberry Callicarpa americana Shrub 6 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 6b
American plum Prunus americana Tree 24 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
bedstraw St. Johnswort Hypericum galioides Shrub 2.5 ft Sun High Zone 7a
bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis Tree 75 ft Sun Medium Zone 2b
blunt spikerush Eleocharis obtusa Grass or grass-like 1.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 11a
brownseed paspalum Paspalum plicatulum Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Sun–part shade Low Zone 8a
California bulrush Schoenoplectus californicus Grass or grass-like 6.6 ft Sun High Zone 9a
Canada germander Teucrium canadense Wildflower (forb) 3.3 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3a
Carolina fanwort Cabomba caroliniana Wildflower (forb) — Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
Carolina foxtail Alopecurus carolinianus Grass or grass-like 1.7 ft Sun Low Zone 3a
Carolina silverbell Halesia carolina Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
cherrybark oak Quercus pagoda Tree 120 ft Sun Medium Zone 6b
coastal plain willow Salix caroliniana Tree 33 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 7b
common blue wood aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium Wildflower (forb) 5 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
common sweetleaf Symplocos tinctoria Tree 20 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 5a
cucumberleaf sunflower Helianthus debilis Wildflower (forb) 6 in Sun Medium Zone 9b
devil's darning needles Clematis virginiana Vine 15 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3b
ditch stonecrop Penthorum sedoides Wildflower (forb) 2.6 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4b
dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa Shrub 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Tree 28 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
Florida bully Sideroxylon reclinatum Shrub 2 ft — — Zone 7a
frost grape Vitis vulpina Vine 83 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
grassleaf rush Juncus marginatus Grass or grass-like 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 5a
green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 2b
groundnut Apios americana Vine 1 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5a
Gulf Coast spikerush Eleocharis cellulosa Grass or grass-like 2.6 ft Sun High Zone 8b
Gulf Sebastian-bush Ditrysinia fruticosa Shrub 12 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5b
halberdleaf rosemallow Hibiscus laevis Wildflower (forb) 8 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 6a
honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos Tree 70 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
lesser creeping rush Juncus repens Grass or grass-like 6.8 ft Sun High Zone 8b
live oak Quercus virginiana Tree 50 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 8a
loblolly pine Pinus taeda Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 6b
longleaf pine Pinus palustris Tree 120 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos Grass or grass-like 1.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 12a
marsh flatsedge Cyperus pseudovegetus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun High Zone 8a
marsh seedbox Ludwigia palustris Wildflower (forb) 2 in Sun High Zone 4a
narrowleaf silkgrass Pityopsis graminifolia Wildflower (forb) 2.8 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 7a
needle spikerush Eleocharis acicularis Grass or grass-like 8 in Sun Medium Zone 5a
New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus Shrub 3 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 4b
northern catalpa Catalpa speciosa Tree 60 ft Sun Low Zone 3b
northern spiderlily Hymenocallis occidentalis Wildflower (forb) 2 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 7a
parsley hawthorn Crataegus marshallii Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7a
peelbark St. Johnswort Hypericum fasciculatum Shrub 5 ft Sun — Zone 7b
poorland flatsedge Cyperus compressus Grass or grass-like 1 ft Sun Medium Zone 11a
possumhaw Ilex decidua Tree 33 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis Grass or grass-like 11 in Sun Low Zone 3a
purpletop tridens Tridens flavus Grass or grass-like 2.5 ft Sun Low Zone 5a
red maple Acer rubrum Tree 68 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
redtop panicgrass Panicum rigidulum Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Sun High Zone 4a
running oak Quercus pumila Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 8b
sharpwing monkeyflower Mimulus alatus Wildflower (forb) 2.3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
silver maple Acer saccharinum Tree 90 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 2b
slender woodoats Chasmanthium laxum Grass or grass-like 3.3 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
southern red oak Quercus falcata Tree 75 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6a
southern sugar maple Acer floridanum Tree 50 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 5b
southern waternymph Najas guadalupensis Wildflower (forb) 1 ft Sun High Zone 3b
St. Peterswort Hypericum crux-andreae Shrub 2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 6b
sugarberry Celtis laevigata Tree 80 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora Tree 30 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 6b
taperleaf water horehound Lycopus rubellus Wildflower (forb) 1.6 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
three-way sedge Dulichium arundinaceum Grass or grass-like 2.6 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 3b
upland bentgrass Agrostis perennans Grass or grass-like 3.5 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 4a
valley redstem Ammannia coccinea Wildflower (forb) 1.6 ft Sun Medium Zone 3b
Virginia iris Iris virginica Wildflower (forb) 3.3 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8b
water oak Quercus nigra Tree 90 ft Sun High Zone 5a
water tupelo Nyssa aquatica Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a
white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus Tree 25 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 4a
whitegrass Leersia virginica Grass or grass-like 3.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 3a
willow oak Quercus phellos Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 75

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.

  • arrowfeather threeawn Aristida purpurascens
  • axilflower Mecardonia acuminata
  • Baldwin's flatsedge Cyperus croceus
  • bog yellowcress Rorippa palustris
  • bog yelloweyed grass Xyris difformis
  • Canadian blacksnakeroot Sanicula canadensis
  • Carolina fimbry Fimbristylis caroliniana
  • Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
  • Carolina mosquitofern Azolla caroliniana
  • Carolina ponysfoot Dichondra carolinensis
  • Carolina puccoon Lithospermum caroliniense
  • coastal lovegrass Eragrostis refracta
  • cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
  • cutleaf watermilfoil Myriophyllum pinnatum
  • cylindricfruit primrose-willow Ludwigia glandulosa
  • dwarf hackberry Celtis pumila
  • eastern blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium atlanticum
  • Engelmann's arrowhead Sagittaria engelmanniana
  • false aloe Manfreda virginica
  • field lovegrass Eragrostis elliottii
  • globefruit primrose-willow Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
  • great ragweed Ambrosia trifida
  • hairy skullcap Scutellaria elliptica
  • Heller's rosette grass Dichanthelium oligosanthes
  • hogwort Croton capitatus
  • honeyvine Cynanchum laeve
  • horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta
  • hyssopleaf sandmat Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
  • Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
  • jumpseed Polygonum virginianum
  • largebracted plantain Plantago aristata
  • largeseed forget-me-not Myosotis macrosperma
  • lax hornpod Mitreola petiolata
  • lesser snakeroot Ageratina aromatica
  • little floatingheart Nymphoides cordata
  • lizard's tail Saururus cernuus
  • longbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora scirpoides
  • Maryland milkwort Polygala mariana
  • Michaux's croton Croton michauxii
  • mudbank crowngrass Paspalum dissectum
  • nakedflower ticktrefoil Desmodium nudiflorum
  • narrowleaf primrose-willow Ludwigia linearis
  • netted nutrush Scleria reticularis
  • nits and lice Hypericum drummondii
  • openflower rosette grass Dichanthelium laxiflorum
  • pine barren flatsedge Cyperus retrorsus
  • Richard's yelloweyed grass Xyris jupicai
  • roughfruit scaleseed Spermolepis divaricata
  • satincurls Clematis catesbyana
  • shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens
  • slender fimbry Fimbristylis autumnalis
  • Small's yelloweyed grass Xyris smalliana
  • smallflower baby blue eyes Nemophila aphylla
  • smallhead doll's daisy Boltonia diffusa
  • smooth yellow false foxglove Aureolaria flava
  • southern crab apple Malus angustifolia
  • southern dewberry Rubus trivialis
  • spindleroot Ludwigia hirtella
  • spotted sandmat Chamaesyce maculata
  • spring coralroot Corallorhiza wisteriana
  • starry rosinweed Silphium asteriscus
  • stiff yellow flax Linum medium
  • tapered rosette grass Dichanthelium acuminatum
  • thin paspalum Paspalum setaceum
  • three-angle spikerush Eleocharis tricostata
  • thymeleaf pinweed Lechea minor
  • Vahl's fimbry Fimbristylis vahlii
  • warty panicgrass Panicum verrucosum
  • watershield Brasenia schreberi
  • whorled milkwort Polygala ambigua
  • woolly dutchman's pipe Aristolochia tomentosa
  • Wright's rosette grass Dichanthelium wrightianum
  • yellow crownbeard Verbesina occidentalis
  • yellow spikerush Eleocharis flavescens
  • yellowseed false pimpernel Lindernia dubia
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.

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, Seminole County and Georgia
MeasureSeminole CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 144 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 69 58 608
Tree 27 — 202
Shrub 9 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 62 — 908
Grass or grass-like 38 — 403
Vine 7 — 78
Fern 1 — 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
Seminole County (county FIPS 13253), Georgia. 144 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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