Native plants for Lumpkin County, Georgia

216 native plants recorded in Lumpkin County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 272 plants recorded growing wild in Lumpkin County. 216 of them are native to the lower 48, and 12 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 125 wildflowers and herbs, 19 grasses and sedges, 20 shrubs, 9 low woody plants, 31 trees, 12 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 77 of them (36%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) is also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Lumpkin County

Sun all day in Lumpkin County: 77 rated natives

25 wildflowers and herbs, 22 trees, 11 grasses and sedges, 8 shrubs, 7 vines, 4 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. Bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Bristly dewberry (Rubus hispidus) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate 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 blue violet (Viola sororia) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Horseflyweed (Baptisia tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Lumpkin County: 45 rated natives

15 trees, 12 wildflowers and herbs, 9 grasses and sedges, 4 vines, 3 shrubs, 2 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. Bristly dewberry (Rubus hispidus) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
3. Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
4. Horseflyweed (Baptisia tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
5. 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
6. 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
7. Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in Lumpkin County: 20 rated natives

9 trees, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants, 1 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. Bristly dewberry (Rubus hispidus) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Horseflyweed (Baptisia tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Purple lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
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 · toxicity: severe

Heavy clay in Lumpkin County: 47 rated natives

16 wildflowers and herbs, 10 trees, 7 grasses and sedges, 6 shrubs, 5 vines, 3 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Bristly dewberry (Rubus hispidus) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
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. Bristly buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Canadian lousewort (Pedicularis canadensis) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. 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
7. Lanceleaf tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Lumpkin County: 52 rated natives

19 trees, 11 wildflowers and herbs, 10 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 4 vines, 3 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Bristly dewberry (Rubus hispidus) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Horseflyweed (Baptisia tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. 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
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. Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
8. Cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Never watered in Lumpkin County: 44 rated natives

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

1. Horseflyweed (Baptisia tinctoria) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
2. 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
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. Bristly dewberry (Rubus hispidus) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. 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
8. Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Stays soggy in Lumpkin County: 24 rated natives

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

1. 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
2. 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
3. Shrubby St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. 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
5. Tapertip rush (Juncus acuminatus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Dwarf St. Johnswort (Hypericum mutilum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Three-way sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. American bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth

Natives Lumpkin County has that most of Georgia does not

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

• Woodland muhly (Muhlenbergia sylvatica): only here
• Eastern turkeybeard (Xerophyllum asphodeloides): only here
• Rock harlequin (Corydalis sempervirens): 2 counties
• American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens): 3 counties
• Bristly dewberry (Rubus hispidus): 3 counties
• Catesby's false bindweed (Calystegia catesbeiana): 3 counties
• Whorled wood aster (Oclemena acuminata): 3 counties
• Silvery nailwort (Paronychia argyrocoma): 3 counties
• Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense): 4 counties
• Southern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia): 4 counties

Where to start in Lumpkin County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Lumpkin County gives you the most rated choice (77 plants), and Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 20 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 139 unrated natives too.