Native plants for Macon County, Georgia

153 native plants recorded in Macon County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 184 plants recorded growing wild in Macon County. 153 of them are native to the lower 48, and 5 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 74 wildflowers and herbs, 16 grasses and sedges, 11 shrubs, 10 low woody plants, 36 trees, 6 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 66 of them (43%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Vente conmigo (Croton glandulosus) is also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Macon County

Sun all day in Macon County: 66 rated natives

31 trees, 16 wildflowers and herbs, 10 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 3 vines, 1 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. 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
3. Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. 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
7. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
8. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Macon County: 43 rated natives

19 trees, 11 wildflowers and herbs, 8 grasses and sedges, 3 vines, 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 · high shade tolerance
2. Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
3. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
4. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
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. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance
7. Dixie ticktrefoil (Desmodium tortuosum) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Blunt spikerush (Eleocharis obtusa) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance

Under trees in Macon County: 27 rated natives

14 trees, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 3 grasses and sedges, 1 vines, 1 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. Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   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. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
6. Dixie ticktrefoil (Desmodium tortuosum) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
7. Blunt spikerush (Eleocharis obtusa) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Canadian horseweed (Conyza canadensis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth

Heavy clay in Macon County: 47 rated natives

19 trees, 12 wildflowers and herbs, 9 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 2 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 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. 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. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Dixie ticktrefoil (Desmodium tortuosum) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
7. Dense blazing star (Liatris spicata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4.5 ft mature · perennial
8. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Macon County: 45 rated natives

26 trees, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 5 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 1 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   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. 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. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
6. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Dixie ticktrefoil (Desmodium tortuosum) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
8. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Macon County: 29 rated natives

18 trees, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 3 vines, 1 low woody plants, 1 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 · high drought tolerance
2. Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
3. Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
6. Dixie ticktrefoil (Desmodium tortuosum) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vines
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance

Stays soggy in Macon County: 36 rated natives

12 trees, 10 grasses and sedges, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 5 shrubs, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Nodding lady's tresses (Spiranthes cernua) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. Dwarf witchalder (Fothergilla gardenii) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
3. 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
4. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
5. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Dense blazing star (Liatris spicata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4.5 ft mature · perennial
7. Greater bladder sedge (Carex intumescens) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. Knotgrass (Paspalum distichum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Macon 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:

• Scarletcreeper (Ipomoea hederifolia): 4 counties
• Redpod rush (Juncus trigonocarpus): 5 counties
• Wavyleaf beeblossom (Oenothera sinuosa): 6 counties
• Dwarf witchalder (Fothergilla gardenii): 7 counties
• Western horsenettle (Solanum dimidiatum): 7 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 (66 plants), and Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 27 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 87 unrated natives too.