Native plants for Bryan County, Georgia
121 native plants recorded in Bryan County, Georgia
USDA has only 148 plant records of any kind for Bryan County, against 3,181 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 121 below as a floor.
By type: 61 wildflowers and herbs, 5 grasses and sedges, 17 shrubs, 7 low woody plants, 25 trees, 6 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 43 of them (36%), and only those can be matched to a spot below.
What fits each kind of spot in Bryan County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 43 | 0 | 78 |
| Half shade | 23 | 20 | 78 |
| Under trees | 13 | 30 | 78 |
| Heavy clay | 27 | 16 | 78 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 31 | 12 | 78 |
| Never watered | 19 | 23 | 79 |
| Stays soggy | 27 | 16 | 78 |
Sun all day in Bryan County: 43 rated natives
18 trees, 10 shrubs, 10 wildflowers and herbs, 3 vines, 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 - Dwarf azalea (Rhododendron atlanticum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Groundnut (Apios americana) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Roundpod St. Johnswort (Hypericum cistifolium) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 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 silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · perennial - Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Half shade in Bryan County: 23 rated natives
12 trees, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 2 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines, 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 - Roundpod St. Johnswort (Hypericum cistifolium) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · perennial - 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 - Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance - Wax myrtle (Morella cerifera) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Bryan County: 13 rated natives
5 trees, 4 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 - Roundpod St. Johnswort (Hypericum cistifolium) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial - Wax myrtle (Morella cerifera) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) 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 - Willow oak (Quercus phellos) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Bryan County: 27 rated natives
12 trees, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 6 shrubs, 2 vines, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Groundnut (Apios americana) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) 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 silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · perennial - Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Saw greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Bryan County: 31 rated natives
14 trees, 9 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 3 vines, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Dwarf azalea (Rhododendron atlanticum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Groundnut (Apios americana) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Roundpod St. Johnswort (Hypericum cistifolium) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 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 - Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) trees
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 - Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Never watered in Bryan County: 19 rated natives
8 trees, 6 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Dwarf azalea (Rhododendron atlanticum) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Roundpod St. Johnswort (Hypericum cistifolium) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - 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 - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Saw greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Stays soggy in Bryan County: 27 rated natives
12 trees, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 6 shrubs, 2 vines, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Groundnut (Apios americana) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - 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 - 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 - Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil · toxicity: moderate - Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Natives Bryan County has that most of Georgia does not
11 natives here are on file in no more than 8 of Georgia's 159 counties. A few of them:
- Pumpkin ash (Fraxinus profunda): 3 counties
- Longleaf pondweed (Potamogeton nodosus): 3 counties
- Georgia false indigo (Amorpha georgiana): 4 counties
- Coastal Carolina spiderlily (Hymenocallis crassifolia): 5 counties
- Slenderleaf false dragonhead (Physostegia leptophylla): 5 counties
- Carolina leaf-flower (Phyllanthus caroliniensis): 6 counties
- Sweetscent (Pluchea odorata): 7 counties
- Dwarf live oak (Quercus minima): 7 counties
- Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata): 8 counties
- Giant cutgrass (Zizaniopsis miliacea): 8 counties
Where to start in Bryan County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Bryan County gives you the most rated choice (43 plants), and Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 13 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 78 unrated natives too.