Native plants for Chester County, Tennessee
225 native plants recorded in Chester County, Tennessee
The USDA plant database has 284 plants recorded growing wild in Chester County. 225 of them are native to the lower 48, and 11 are introduced species that this page leaves out.
By type: 105 wildflowers and herbs, 48 grasses and sedges, 11 shrubs, 8 low woody plants, 35 trees, 18 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 97 of them (43%), 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 Chester County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 97 | 0 | 128 |
| Half shade | 58 | 39 | 128 |
| Under trees | 25 | 72 | 128 |
| Heavy clay | 72 | 25 | 128 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 55 | 42 | 128 |
| Never watered | 31 | 65 | 129 |
| Stays soggy | 58 | 39 | 128 |
Sun all day in Chester County: 97 rated natives
33 trees, 28 wildflowers and herbs, 25 grasses and sedges, 7 shrubs, 3 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Common blue violet (Viola sororia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 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 - 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 - Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Virginia dayflower (Commelina virginica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Half shade in Chester County: 58 rated natives
22 trees, 18 wildflowers and herbs, 16 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs, 1 vines. 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 · high shade tolerance - Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Common blue violet (Viola sororia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate 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 - Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Under trees in Chester County: 25 rated natives
13 trees, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 5 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs. 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 - Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Redroot flatsedge (Cyperus erythrorhizos) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Butterweed (Packera glabella) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth - Common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth - Longleaf woodoats (Chasmanthium sessiliflorum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Rice cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Heavy clay in Chester County: 72 rated natives
23 wildflowers and herbs, 21 trees, 18 grasses and sedges, 6 shrubs, 3 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Common blue violet (Viola sororia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 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 - 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 - Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Virginia dayflower (Commelina virginica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Virginia water horehound (Lycopus virginicus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Chester County: 55 rated natives
21 trees, 14 wildflowers and herbs, 14 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Smooth hedgenettle (Stachys tenuifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Bigleaf snowbell (Styrax grandifolius) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · perennial - Cat greenbrier (Smilax glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Needleleaf rosette grass (Dichanthelium aciculare) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Never watered in Chester County: 31 rated natives
11 wildflowers and herbs, 10 trees, 5 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Needleleaf rosette grass (Dichanthelium aciculare) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Longleaf woodoats (Chasmanthium sessiliflorum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Cat greenbrier (Smilax glauca) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
Stays soggy in Chester County: 58 rated natives
20 grasses and sedges, 15 trees, 14 wildflowers and herbs, 5 shrubs, 3 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Green arrow arum (Peltandra virginica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil - Missouri ironweed (Vernonia missurica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Virginia water horehound (Lycopus virginicus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Smooth hedgenettle (Stachys tenuifolia) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Swamp rose (Rosa palustris) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
Natives Chester County has that most of Tennessee does not
6 natives here are on file in no more than 5 of Tennessee's 95 counties. A few of them:
- Whorled sunflower (Helianthus verticillatus): only here
- Prairie snoutbean (Rhynchosia latifolia): only here
- Southern amaranth (Amaranthus australis): 2 counties
- Foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum): 2 counties
- Longleaf wedgescale (Sphenopholis filiformis): 4 counties
- Denseflower knotweed (Polygonum glabrum): 5 counties
Where to start in Chester County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Chester County gives you the most rated choice (97 plants), and Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 25 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 128 unrated natives too.