Native plants for Douglas County, Georgia

134 native plants recorded in Douglas County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 156 plants recorded growing wild in Douglas County. 134 of them are native to the lower 48, and 5 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 85 wildflowers and herbs, 22 grasses and sedges, 6 shrubs, 5 low woody plants, 12 trees, 4 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 37 of them (28%), 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 Douglas County

Sun all day in Douglas County: 37 rated natives

14 wildflowers and herbs, 10 trees, 8 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Canadian lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
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. Lanceleaf loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Smooth phlox (Phlox glaberrima) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. St. Peterswort (Hypericum crux-andreae) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
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 Douglas County: 21 rated natives

8 wildflowers and herbs, 7 trees, 4 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate 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. Smooth phlox (Phlox glaberrima) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 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. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
7. Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance · toxicity: severe

Under trees in Douglas County: 12 rated natives

6 trees, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 3 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Tenangle pipewort (Eriocaulon decangulare) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: severe
4. Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
7. Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 12 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Douglas County: 22 rated natives

11 wildflowers and herbs, 5 grasses and sedges, 4 trees, 1 low woody plants, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Lanceleaf loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Canadian lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
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. Smooth phlox (Phlox glaberrima) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. 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
8. Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Douglas County: 28 rated natives

9 wildflowers and herbs, 9 trees, 7 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Lanceleaf loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 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. 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. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
7. Pink azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Grassleaf rush (Juncus marginatus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Douglas County: 19 rated natives

8 wildflowers and herbs, 7 trees, 2 shrubs, 2 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Lanceleaf loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 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. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
7. Pink azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance

Stays soggy in Douglas County: 21 rated natives

8 wildflowers and herbs, 7 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 3 trees. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Smooth phlox (Phlox glaberrima) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. 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
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. Coppery St. Johnswort (Hypericum denticulatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
5. Pink azalea (Rhododendron periclymenoides) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Needlepod rush (Juncus scirpoides) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
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. Common duckmeat (Spirodela polyrrhiza) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Douglas County has that most of Georgia does not

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

• Red milkweed (Asclepias rubra): only here
• Marsh pea (Lathyrus palustris): only here
• Hoary verbena (Verbena stricta): only here
• Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum): 2 counties
• Shortleaf sneezeweed (Helenium brevifolium): 3 counties
• Fourflower yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora): 3 counties
• Balsam groundsel (Packera paupercula): 3 counties
• Roughstem rosinweed (Silphium radula): 3 counties
• Culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum): 3 counties
• Riverbank wildrye (Elymus riparius): 4 counties

Where to start in Douglas County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Douglas County gives you the most rated choice (37 plants), and Bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 12 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 97 unrated natives too.