Native plants for Limestone County, Alabama

255 native plants recorded in Limestone County, Alabama

The USDA plant database has 333 plants recorded growing wild in Limestone County. 255 of them are native to the lower 48, and 29 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 110 wildflowers and herbs, 43 grasses and sedges, 15 shrubs, 7 low woody plants, 67 trees, 13 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 139 of them (55%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and 2 more are also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Limestone County

Sun all day in Limestone County: 139 rated natives

60 trees, 35 wildflowers and herbs, 23 grasses and sedges, 10 shrubs, 8 vines, 3 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Heartleaf peppervine (Ampelopsis cordata) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Sand blackberry (Rubus cuneifolius) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
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. Dotted smartweed (Polygonum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Halberdleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Limestone County: 88 rated natives

38 trees, 19 wildflowers and herbs, 17 grasses and sedges, 6 shrubs, 5 vines, 3 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
2. Dotted smartweed (Polygonum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
3. 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
4. Sand blackberry (Rubus cuneifolius) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Halberdleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Shrubby St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Valley redstem (Ammannia coccinea) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · high shade tolerance

Under trees in Limestone County: 47 rated natives

24 trees, 10 grasses and sedges, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 2 vines, 2 low woody plants, 2 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Dotted smartweed (Polygonum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Valley redstem (Ammannia coccinea) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth
4. Climbing rose (Rosa setigera) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
5. Blunt spikerush (Eleocharis obtusa) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Slender spikerush (Eleocharis tenuis) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. American plum (Prunus americana) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
8. Devil's walkingstick (Aralia spinosa) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight

Heavy clay in Limestone County: 100 rated natives

37 trees, 28 wildflowers and herbs, 22 grasses and sedges, 7 shrubs, 4 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Heartleaf peppervine (Ampelopsis cordata) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. 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
4. Dotted smartweed (Polygonum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Shrubby St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Halberdleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Smooth hedgenettle (Stachys tenuifolia) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Limestone County: 94 rated natives

52 trees, 18 wildflowers and herbs, 11 grasses and sedges, 7 shrubs, 5 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Heartleaf peppervine (Ampelopsis cordata) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Sand blackberry (Rubus cuneifolius) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Wild blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Dotted smartweed (Polygonum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Shrubby St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Climbing rose (Rosa setigera) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Never watered in Limestone County: 57 rated natives

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

1. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
2. Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Climbing rose (Rosa setigera) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
4. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
6. Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vines
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. Valley redstem (Ammannia coccinea) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth
8. Virginia threeseed mercury (Acalypha virginica) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth

Stays soggy in Limestone County: 78 rated natives

24 wildflowers and herbs, 24 trees, 21 grasses and sedges, 6 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American lotus (Nelumbo lutea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. American water plantain (Alisma subcordatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
3. Sharpwing monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
4. Stiff marsh bedstraw (Galium tinctorium) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
5. 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
6. Crimsoneyed rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
7. Dotted smartweed (Polygonum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. Halberdleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus laevis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Limestone County has that most of Alabama does not

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

• Longspike tridens (Tridens strictus): only here
• Broadtooth hedgenettle (Stachys latidens): only here
• Common bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza): only here
• Toadshade (Trillium sessile): 2 counties
• Canadian waterweed (Elodea canadensis): 3 counties
• Amazon sprangletop (Leptochloa panicoides): 3 counties
• Palegreen orchid (Platanthera flava): 3 counties
• Hyssopleaf hedgenettle (Stachys aspera): 3 counties
• Dwarf wakerobin (Trillium pusillum): 3 counties
• Gravelweed (Verbesina helianthoides): 3 counties

Where to start in Limestone County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Limestone County gives you the most rated choice (139 plants), and Common blue violet (Viola sororia) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 47 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 116 unrated natives too.