Native plants for Brantley County, Georgia

182 native plants recorded in Brantley County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 205 plants recorded growing wild in Brantley County. 182 of them are native to the lower 48, and 3 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 71 wildflowers and herbs, 13 grasses and sedges, 32 shrubs, 13 low woody plants, 47 trees, 6 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 60 of them (33%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. A plant missing here has not been recorded yet, which is not proof it would fail.

What fits each kind of spot in Brantley County

Sun all day in Brantley County: 60 rated natives

33 trees, 13 shrubs, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 2 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
6. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Brantley County: 33 rated natives

18 trees, 5 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
7. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance

Under trees in Brantley County: 18 rated natives

8 trees, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 3 shrubs, 3 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Roundleaf greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · perennial
8. Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial

Heavy clay in Brantley County: 39 rated natives

23 trees, 7 shrubs, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 3 grasses and sedges, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
4. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
6. Coral greenbrier (Smilax walteri) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
7. Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · perennial
8. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Brantley County: 44 rated natives

27 trees, 9 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
3. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
5. Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
6. Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Bigleaf snowbell (Styrax grandifolius) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · perennial

Never watered in Brantley County: 23 rated natives

10 trees, 8 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
4. Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
5. Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
8. Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Stays soggy in Brantley County: 38 rated natives

21 trees, 7 shrubs, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Dwarf witchalder (Fothergilla gardenii) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
3. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
5. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Coral greenbrier (Smilax walteri) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
7. Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Brantley County has that most of Georgia does not

21 natives here are on file in no more than 8 of Georgia's 159 counties. A few of them:

• Cobwebby wild indigo (Baptisia arachnifera): 2 counties
• Florida milkpea (Galactia floridana): 2 counties
• Drummond's yelloweyed grass (Xyris drummondii): 2 counties
• Florida hartwrightia (Hartwrightia floridana): 3 counties
• Nuttall's meadowbeauty (Rhexia nuttallii): 3 counties
• Curtis' dropseed (Sporobolus curtissii): 3 counties
• Scentless bayberry (Morella inodora): 4 counties
• Florida orangegrass (Ctenium floridanum): 4 counties
• Giant orchid (Pteroglossaspis ecristata): 4 counties
• White sunnybell (Schoenolirion albiflorum): 4 counties

Where to start in Brantley County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Brantley County gives you the most rated choice (60 plants), and Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 18 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 122 unrated natives too.