Native plants for Burke County, Georgia

215 native plants recorded in Burke County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 252 plants recorded growing wild in Burke County. 215 of them are native to the lower 48, and 5 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 98 wildflowers and herbs, 42 grasses and sedges, 11 shrubs, 11 low woody plants, 43 trees, 10 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 73 of them (34%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Basketgrass (Oplismenus hirtellus) is also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Burke County

Sun all day in Burke County: 73 rated natives

31 trees, 18 grasses and sedges, 14 wildflowers and herbs, 5 shrubs, 3 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. 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
4. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
7. Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Burke County: 38 rated natives

14 trees, 12 grasses and sedges, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
2. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
3. 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
4. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Common rush (Juncus effusus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
7. Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Autumn bluegrass (Poa autumnalis) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in Burke County: 18 rated natives

8 trees, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Common rush (Juncus effusus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
5. Roundleaf greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · perennial
6. Waterpod (Hydrolea quadrivalvis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · perennial
7. Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 12 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
8. Black cherry (Prunus serotina) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: severe

Heavy clay in Burke County: 45 rated natives

15 trees, 14 grasses and sedges, 10 wildflowers and herbs, 3 shrubs, 2 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. 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
5. Lanceleaf greenbrier (Smilax smallii) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
7. American bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth
8. American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Burke County: 48 rated natives

23 trees, 10 wildflowers and herbs, 10 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
5. Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
6. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Autumn bluegrass (Poa autumnalis) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Forked rush (Juncus dichotomus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Burke County: 27 rated natives

15 trees, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
2. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Carolina elephantsfoot (Elephantopus carolinianus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
5. Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
6. Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. Oval-leaf sedge (Carex cephalophora) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance

Stays soggy in Burke County: 36 rated natives

14 grasses and sedges, 10 trees, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 3 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Crimsoneyed rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
3. Cattail sedge (Carex typhina) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
4. Forked rush (Juncus dichotomus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
5. Lanceleaf greenbrier (Smilax smallii) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Marsh seedbox (Ludwigia palustris) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
7. Prickly bog sedge (Carex atlantica) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. Bog rush (Juncus biflorus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Burke County has that most of Georgia does not

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

• Slender aster (Eurybia compacta): only here
• Longbranch frostweed (Helianthemum canadense): 2 counties
• Shoreline sedge (Carex hyalinolepis): 3 counties
• Cattail sedge (Carex typhina): 3 counties
• American ipecac (Euphorbia ipecacuanhae): 3 counties
• Kidneyleaf mudplantain (Heteranthera reniformis): 3 counties
• Broadfruit horned beaksedge (Rhynchospora careyana): 3 counties
• Calcium-hating sedge (Carex calcifugens): 4 counties
• Canby's cowbane (Oxypolis canbyi): 4 counties
• Tracy's beaksedge (Rhynchospora tracyi): 4 counties

Where to start in Burke County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Burke County gives you the most rated choice (73 plants), and Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 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 142 unrated natives too.