Native plants for Appling County, Georgia
126 native plants recorded in Appling County, Georgia
USDA has only 144 plant records of any kind for Appling County, against 3,181 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 126 below as a floor.
By type: 65 wildflowers and herbs, 6 grasses and sedges, 21 shrubs, 3 low woody plants, 27 trees, 4 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 35 of them (28%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Gray everlasting (Gamochaeta coarctata) is also recorded as introduced.
What fits each kind of spot in Appling County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 35 | 0 | 91 |
| Half shade | 18 | 17 | 91 |
| Under trees | 11 | 24 | 91 |
| Heavy clay | 20 | 15 | 91 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 26 | 9 | 91 |
| Never watered | 12 | 22 | 92 |
| Stays soggy | 20 | 15 | 91 |
Sun all day in Appling County: 35 rated natives
19 trees, 8 shrubs, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 1 low woody plants, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Narrowleaf evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial - Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Half shade in Appling County: 18 rated natives
10 trees, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 3 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance - American witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · perennial - Red maple (Acer rubrum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
Under trees in Appling County: 11 rated natives
4 trees, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 2 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Ogeechee tupelo (Nyssa ogeche) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Water oak (Quercus nigra) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Appling County: 20 rated natives
12 trees, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 shrubs, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Narrowleaf evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial - Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Redbay (Persea borbonia) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Appling County: 26 rated natives
13 trees, 8 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Narrowleaf evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial - Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Never watered in Appling County: 12 rated natives
6 shrubs, 5 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial - Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 7 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - Swamp azalea (Rhododendron viscosum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · perennial - Red maple (Acer rubrum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
Stays soggy in Appling County: 20 rated natives
13 trees, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 3 shrubs, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Narrowleaf evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Lesser creeping rush (Juncus repens) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Redbay (Persea borbonia) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Waterthread pondweed (Potamogeton diversifolius) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
Natives Appling County has that most of Georgia does not
8 natives here are on file in no more than 8 of Georgia's 159 counties. A few of them:
- Clustered poppymallow (Callirhoe triangulata): only here
- Boykin's clusterpea (Dioclea multiflora): only here
- Slender rattlesnakeroot (Prenanthes autumnalis): 4 counties
- Coastal plain milkwort (Polygala setacea): 6 counties
- Virginia bunchflower (Veratrum virginicum): 6 counties
- Water toothleaf (Stillingia aquatica): 7 counties
- Little floating bladderwort (Utricularia radiata): 7 counties
- Manyflower beardtongue (Penstemon multiflorus): 8 counties
Where to start in Appling County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Appling County gives you the most rated choice (35 plants), and Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 11 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 91 unrated natives too.