Native plants for Cleburne County, Alabama

293 native plants recorded in Cleburne County, Alabama

The USDA plant database has 366 plants recorded growing wild in Cleburne County. 293 of them are native to the lower 48, and 22 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 111 wildflowers and herbs, 30 grasses and sedges, 41 shrubs, 8 low woody plants, 86 trees, 17 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 135 of them (46%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) and 1 more are also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Cleburne County

Sun all day in Cleburne County: 135 rated natives

69 trees, 21 wildflowers and herbs, 19 shrubs, 18 grasses and sedges, 6 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American water-willow (Justicia americana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 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. 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. St. Peterswort (Hypericum crux-andreae) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Virginia spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Wreath goldenrod (Solidago caesia) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
8. Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Cleburne County: 79 rated natives

43 trees, 16 grasses and sedges, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 7 shrubs, 4 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
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. 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. St. Peterswort (Hypericum crux-andreae) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Virginia spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Wreath goldenrod (Solidago caesia) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Purpleleaf willowherb (Epilobium coloratum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in Cleburne County: 41 rated natives

29 trees, 7 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
3. Sawtooth blackberry (Rubus argutus) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
5. Arrowleaf tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum) vines
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Blunt spikerush (Eleocharis obtusa) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Devil's walkingstick (Aralia spinosa) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
8. Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Cleburne County: 86 rated natives

40 trees, 15 grasses and sedges, 13 wildflowers and herbs, 11 shrubs, 5 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American water-willow (Justicia americana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 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. 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. Virginia spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Wreath goldenrod (Solidago caesia) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
7. Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
8. Purpleleaf willowherb (Epilobium coloratum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Cleburne County: 96 rated natives

55 trees, 15 shrubs, 13 grasses and sedges, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 3 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American water-willow (Justicia americana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. St. Peterswort (Hypericum crux-andreae) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 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. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
6. Elliott's blueberry (Vaccinium elliottii) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 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. Sawtooth blackberry (Rubus argutus) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Never watered in Cleburne County: 69 rated natives

38 trees, 11 shrubs, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 6 grasses and sedges, 4 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
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. St. Peterswort (Hypericum crux-andreae) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Virginia spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
6. Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.9 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. Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance

Stays soggy in Cleburne County: 54 rated natives

17 trees, 15 grasses and sedges, 11 shrubs, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 2 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American water-willow (Justicia americana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. Purpleleaf willowherb (Epilobium coloratum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
3. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 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. Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Cleburne County has that most of Alabama does not

9 natives here are on file in no more than 3 of Alabama's 66 counties. A few of them:

• Purpleleaf willowherb (Epilobium coloratum): only here
• Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis): only here
• Schwerin's false indigo (Amorpha schwerinii): only here
• Bigfruit hawthorn (Crataegus macrosperma): 2 counties
• Cumberland rhododendron (Rhododendron cumberlandense): 2 counties
• Deepwoods horsebalm (Collinsonia tuberosa): 3 counties
• Moccasin flower (Cypripedium acaule): 3 counties
• Buffalo nut (Pyrularia pubera): 3 counties
• Weakstalk bulrush (Schoenoplectiella purshiana): 3 counties

Where to start in Cleburne County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Cleburne County gives you the most rated choice (135 plants), and American water-willow (Justicia americana) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 41 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 158 unrated natives too.