Native plants for Chattahoochee County, Georgia
32 native plants recorded in Chattahoochee County, Georgia
USDA has only 38 plant records of any kind for Chattahoochee County, against 3,181 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 32 below as a floor.
By type: 15 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 3 low woody plants, 9 trees. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 10 of them (31%), 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 Chattahoochee County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| Half shade | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| Under trees | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| Heavy clay | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| Never watered | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| Stays soggy | 4 | 6 | 22 |
Sun all day in Chattahoochee County: 10 rated natives
6 trees, 2 shrubs, 2 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · 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 - Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.4 ft mature · rapid growth · toxicity: slight - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
Half shade in Chattahoochee County: 6 rated natives
4 trees, 2 shrubs. The first 6, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Black cherry (Prunus serotina) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance · toxicity: severe - Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Chattahoochee County: 5 rated natives
4 trees, 1 shrubs. The first 5, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Black cherry (Prunus serotina) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: severe - Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · perennial
Heavy clay in Chattahoochee County: 5 rated natives
2 shrubs, 2 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 5, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Chattahoochee County: 9 rated natives
6 trees, 2 shrubs, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · 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 - Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.4 ft mature · rapid growth · toxicity: slight - Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Black cherry (Prunus serotina) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: severe
Never watered in Chattahoochee County: 8 rated natives
4 trees, 2 shrubs, 2 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.4 ft mature · rapid growth · toxicity: slight - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · perennial · high drought tolerance - Black cherry (Prunus serotina) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: severe
Stays soggy in Chattahoochee County: 4 rated natives
2 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 shrubs. The first 4, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
Natives Chattahoochee County has that most of Georgia does not
3 natives here are on file in no more than 8 of Georgia's 159 counties. A few of them:
- Southern blue monkshood (Aconitum uncinatum): 4 counties
- Thorne's sedge (Carex thornei): 4 counties
- Arkansas oak (Quercus arkansana): 8 counties
Where to start in Chattahoochee County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Chattahoochee County gives you the most rated choice (10 plants), and American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 4 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 22 unrated natives too.