Native plants for Jeff Davis County, Georgia

91 native plants recorded in Jeff Davis County, Georgia

USDA has only 105 plant records of any kind for Jeff Davis County, against 3,181 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 91 below as a floor.

By type: 50 wildflowers and herbs, 7 grasses and sedges, 15 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 15 trees, 2 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 25 of them (27%), and only those can be matched to a spot below.

What fits each kind of spot in Jeff Davis County

Sun all day in Jeff Davis County: 25 rated natives

12 trees, 6 shrubs, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid 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. New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
5. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Hairawn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Jeff Davis County: 14 rated natives

8 trees, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
2. New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
5. Hairawn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
6. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
7. Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in Jeff Davis County: 10 rated natives

5 trees, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Hairawn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial
6. Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
7. Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
8. Water oak (Quercus nigra) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Jeff Davis County: 17 rated natives

6 trees, 5 shrubs, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid 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. New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
5. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Hairawn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Jeff Davis County: 18 rated natives

8 trees, 5 shrubs, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
3. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
4. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Hairawn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
7. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Jeff Davis County: 10 rated natives

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

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
4. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
5. Running oak (Quercus pumila) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
6. Swamp azalea (Rhododendron viscosum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · perennial
7. Western brackenfern (Pteridium aquilinum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
8. Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance

Stays soggy in Jeff Davis County: 14 rated natives

5 trees, 4 shrubs, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
5. Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Hairawn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
8. Mountain azalea (Rhododendron canescens) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 14 ft mature · perennial · toxicity: slight

Natives Jeff Davis County has that most of Georgia does not

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

• Dwarf crabgrass (Digitaria serotina): 3 counties
• Hyssopleaf hedgenettle (Stachys hyssopifolia): 5 counties
• Smoothsheath sedge (Carex laevivaginata): 6 counties
• Southern Barbara's buttons (Marshallia ramosa): 6 counties
• Wingpod purslane (Portulaca umbraticola): 7 counties

Where to start in Jeff Davis County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Jeff Davis County gives you the most rated choice (25 plants), and Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) is the easiest start on that list. Never watered is the hard one here: 10 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 67 unrated natives too.