Native plants for Clay County, Georgia

182 native plants recorded in Clay County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 218 plants recorded growing wild in Clay County. 182 of them are native to the lower 48, and 11 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 89 wildflowers and herbs, 24 grasses and sedges, 17 shrubs, 7 low woody plants, 37 trees, 8 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 59 of them (32%), 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 Clay County

Sun all day in Clay County: 59 rated natives

26 trees, 13 wildflowers and herbs, 9 grasses and sedges, 8 shrubs, 2 vines, 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. 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. 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. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. 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
8. Narrowleaf evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Clay County: 27 rated natives

13 trees, 7 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 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 · 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. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
4. 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
5. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. 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
7. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. American plum (Prunus americana) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance · toxicity: slight

Under trees in Clay County: 15 rated natives

8 trees, 3 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 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
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. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid 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. American plum (Prunus americana) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
6. Longleaf woodoats (Chasmanthium sessiliflorum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Strawcolored flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Carolina foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · moderate growth

Heavy clay in Clay County: 30 rated natives

10 trees, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 6 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 1 vines. 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. 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. 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. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Narrowleaf evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
8. Stiff dogwood (Cornus foemina) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Clay County: 39 rated natives

20 trees, 8 shrubs, 5 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. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. 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
4. Narrowleaf evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Pink azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial

Never watered in Clay County: 27 rated natives

13 trees, 6 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. 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. 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
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. 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. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
8. Pink azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Stays soggy in Clay County: 23 rated natives

8 trees, 6 grasses and sedges, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 4 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Narrowleaf evening primrose (Oenothera fruticosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
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. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 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. Pink azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. 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
7. Southern bayberry (Morella caroliniensis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 7 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. Stiff dogwood (Cornus foemina) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Natives Clay 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:

• Georgia rockcress (Arabis georgiana): only here
• Blue Ridge catchfly (Silene ovata): only here
• Bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora): 2 counties
• Alabama milkvine (Matelea alabamensis): 2 counties
• Texas toadflax (Nuttallanthus texanus): 2 counties
• Confederate wakerobin (Trillium reliquum): 2 counties
• Twisted spikerush (Eleocharis tortilis): 3 counties
• Wood's bunchflower (Veratrum woodii): 3 counties
• Pineland hoarypea (Tephrosia mohrii): 4 counties
• Flyr's brickellbush (Brickellia cordifolia): 5 counties

Where to start in Clay County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Clay County gives you the most rated choice (59 plants), and Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 15 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 123 unrated natives too.