Native plants · Georgia

Native plants of Warren County

22 plant species are recorded as native to Georgia in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Warren County by USDA PLANTS. 7 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Warren County, Georgia

PLANTS records only 7 garden-ready natives here (under 30). County records are thin in some places; the Georgia list is a useful second check.

Native species: 22 Typical Georgia county: 129 (median of 159 counties)
Garden-ready natives: 7 Typical Georgia county: 58
Share by type (all 22 native species): Percent of the 22 native species in each growth type

Tree 27% (6)
Shrub 9% (2)
Wildflower (forb) 27% (6)
Grass or grass-like 18% (4)
Fern 18% (4)

Trees make up the largest share of the native list (27%), followed by wildflowers (27%).

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

Garden-ready natives 7

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

Garden-ready native plants of Warren County, Georgia
Plant	Type	Height	Light	Water use	Hardy to
black willow Salix nigra	Tree	100 ft	Sun	High	Zone 1b
Carolina rose Rosa carolina	Shrub	5 ft	Sun–part shade	Low	Zone 3a
eastern redcedar Juniperus virginiana	Tree	50 ft	Sun–part shade	Low	Zone 3a
turkey oak Quercus laevis	Tree	40 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 7a
velvet panicum Dichanthelium scoparium	Grass or grass-like	4.3 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 3b
white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus	Tree	25 ft	Shade-tolerant	High	Zone 4a
willow oak Quercus phellos	Tree	100 ft	Sun	High	Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 15

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.

blackseed speargrass Piptochaetium avenaceum
bluntlobe cliff fern Woodsia obtusa
Carolina ponysfoot Dichondra carolinensis
devil's grandmother Elephantopus tomentosus
dwarf hackberry Celtis pumila
ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
false flowering spurge Euphorbia pubentissima
fragrant sumac Rhus aromatica
hairy lipfern Cheilanthes lanosa
meadow spikemoss Selaginella apoda
openflower rosette grass Dichanthelium laxiflorum
smallflower phacelia Phacelia dubia
thin paspalum Paspalum setaceum
threadleaf evening primrose Oenothera linifolia
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, Warren County and Georgia
Measure	Warren County	Typical county	Statewide
Native species	22	129	1,750
Garden-ready natives	7	58	608
Tree	6	—	202
Shrub	2	—	91
Wildflower (forb)	6	—	908
Grass or grass-like	4	—	403
Vine	0	—	78
Fern	4	—	68

Neighboring counties

Counties that share a ZIP code with Warren County.

Glascock County, GA 24 garden-ready
Hancock County, GA 41 garden-ready
Jefferson County, GA 36 garden-ready
McDuffie County, GA 56 garden-ready

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: Warren County (county FIPS 13301), Georgia. 22 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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