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Native plants of Turner County

87 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Turner County by USDA PLANTS. 44 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Turner County, Georgia

Native species
87 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives
44 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 87 native species)
Percent of the 87 native species in each growth type
Tree 25% (22)
Shrub 17% (15)
Wildflower (forb) 39% (34)
Grass or grass-like 10% (9)
Vine 2% (2)
Fern 6% (5)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (39%), 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 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 44

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

Garden-ready native plants of Turner County, Georgia
PlantType HeightLight Water useHardy to
bald cypress Taxodium distichum Tree 130 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5b
black willow Salix nigra Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 1b
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
cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Fern 4.9 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia Shrub 16 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
common goldstar Hypoxis hirsuta Wildflower (forb) 10 in Sun–part shade Medium Zone 4a
deerberry Vaccinium stamineum Shrub 16 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa Shrub 1.4 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 5a
eastern baccharis Baccharis halimifolia Tree 10 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 7a
eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides Tree 190 ft Sun High Zone 3a
eggleaf rosette grass Dichanthelium ovale Grass or grass-like 1.7 ft Shade-tolerant Low Zone 6a
farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Tree 28 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
fetterbush lyonia Lyonia lucida Shrub 6.6 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 7b
forked rush Juncus dichotomus Grass or grass-like 2.9 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 8b
inkberry Ilex glabra Shrub 8 ft Sun High Zone 6a
large gallberry Ilex coriacea Tree 12 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
laurel greenbrier Smilax laurifolia Vine 1 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 6b
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
live oak Quercus virginiana Tree 50 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 8a
maleberry Lyonia ligustrina Shrub 9 ft Shade-tolerant — Zone 5a
Ogeechee tupelo Nyssa ogeche Tree 50 ft Sun High Zone 6b
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
pond pine Pinus serotina Tree 80 ft Sun Medium Zone 7a
post oak Quercus stellata Tree 60 ft Sun Medium Zone 4a
prairie wedgescale Sphenopholis obtusata Grass or grass-like 3.2 ft Sun–part shade Medium Zone 3a
red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia Shrub 5 ft Sun High Zone 5b
red maple Acer rubrum Tree 68 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 2b
redbay Persea borbonia Tree 70 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
running oak Quercus pumila Shrub 3 ft Sun Low Zone 8b
saw palmetto Serenoa repens Tree 7 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 8a
southern bayberry Morella caroliniensis Tree 7 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 6a
swamp azalea Rhododendron viscosum Shrub 16 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5b
swamp doghobble Eubotrys racemosus Shrub 13 ft Shade-tolerant Medium Zone 4a
swamp loosestrife Decodon verticillatus Shrub 8 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 5a
sweetbay Magnolia virginiana Tree 60 ft Sun–part shade High Zone 9a
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
Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica Shrub 10 ft Shade-tolerant High Zone 5a
wax myrtle Morella cerifera Tree 10 ft Sun High Zone 7a
willow oak Quercus phellos Tree 100 ft Sun High Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 43

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.

  • Atlantic poison oak Toxicodendron pubescens
  • birdfoot violet Viola pedata
  • blackfruit spikerush Eleocharis melanocarpa
  • bog yelloweyed grass Xyris difformis
  • button eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium
  • button sedge Carex bullata
  • Carolina fimbry Fimbristylis caroliniana
  • Carolina puccoon Lithospermum caroliniense
  • combleaf mermaidweed Proserpinaca pectinata
  • dwarf sundew Drosera brevifolia
  • ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
  • false aloe Manfreda virginica
  • fewflower milkweed Asclepias lanceolata
  • greater tickseed Coreopsis major
  • hairy angelica Angelica venenosa
  • hairy woodland brome Bromus pubescens
  • hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
  • helmet flower Scutellaria integrifolia
  • longleaf summer bluet Houstonia longifolia
  • narrowleaf primrose-willow Ludwigia linearis
  • netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
  • oak mistletoe Phoradendron leucarpum
  • obedient plant Physostegia virginiana
  • piedmont staggerbush Lyonia mariana
  • queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
  • queendevil Hieracium gronovii
  • roughfruit scaleseed Spermolepis divaricata
  • scaly blazing star Liatris squarrosa
  • sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis
  • silvery everlasting Gamochaeta argyrinea
  • sleepy silene Silene antirrhina
  • slender lespedeza Lespedeza virginica
  • small Venus' looking-glass Triodanis biflora
  • Small's ragwort Packera anonyma
  • snakemouth orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides
  • sundial lupine Lupinus perennis
  • swamp leather flower Clematis crispa
  • Texas vervain Verbena halei
  • tuberous grasspink Calopogon tuberosus
  • Virginia chainfern Woodwardia virginica
  • Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
  • Virginia tephrosia Tephrosia virginiana
  • white colicroot Aletris farinosa

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, Turner County and Georgia
MeasureTurner CountyTypical countyStatewide
Native species 87 129 1,750
Garden-ready natives 44 58 608
Tree 22 — 202
Shrub 15 — 91
Wildflower (forb) 34 — 908
Grass or grass-like 9 — 403
Vine 2 — 78
Fern 5 — 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
Turner County (county FIPS 13287), Georgia. 87 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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