Native plants for Macon County, Alabama

360 native plants recorded in Macon County, Alabama

The USDA plant database has 457 plants recorded growing wild in Macon County. 360 of them are native to the lower 48, and 40 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 141 wildflowers and herbs, 54 grasses and sedges, 35 shrubs, 13 low woody plants, 93 trees, 24 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 162 of them (45%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) and 2 more are also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Macon County

Sun all day in Macon County: 162 rated natives

80 trees, 29 grasses and sedges, 27 wildflowers and herbs, 17 shrubs, 7 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Bulbous bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid 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. Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. 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
6. Sand blackberry (Rubus cuneifolius) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
8. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Macon County: 103 rated natives

53 trees, 23 grasses and sedges, 15 wildflowers and herbs, 7 shrubs, 3 vines, 2 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. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
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. Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. 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
6. Sand blackberry (Rubus cuneifolius) low woody plants
   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. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in Macon County: 56 rated natives

30 trees, 14 grasses and sedges, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 4 shrubs, 1 vines. 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. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
4. American cupscale (Sacciolepis striata) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Poorland flatsedge (Cyperus compressus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Butterweed (Packera glabella) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth
7. Devil's walkingstick (Aralia spinosa) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
8. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Macon County: 107 rated natives

47 trees, 23 grasses and sedges, 21 wildflowers and herbs, 12 shrubs, 4 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Bulbous bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. 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
6. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 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. 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

Sandy, drains fast in Macon County: 123 rated natives

70 trees, 21 grasses and sedges, 14 shrubs, 13 wildflowers and herbs, 3 vines, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid 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. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Carolina rose (Rosa carolina) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. 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
7. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
8. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial

Never watered in Macon County: 75 rated natives

42 trees, 11 wildflowers and herbs, 9 shrubs, 8 grasses and sedges, 4 vines, 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. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
3. 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
4. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. 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

Stays soggy in Macon County: 82 rated natives

27 trees, 27 grasses and sedges, 15 wildflowers and herbs, 10 shrubs, 3 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Bulbous bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Green arrow arum (Peltandra virginica) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
7. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. 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

Natives Macon County has that most of Alabama does not

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

• Slender flatsedge (Cyperus bipartitus): only here
• Brownish beaksedge (Rhynchospora capitellata): 2 counties
• Narrowfruit horned beaksedge (Rhynchospora inundata): 2 counties
• New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis): 3 counties
• Woollysheath threeawn (Aristida lanosa): 3 counties

Where to start in Macon County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Macon County gives you the most rated choice (162 plants), and Bulbous bittercress (Cardamine bulbosa) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 56 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 198 unrated natives too.