Native plants for McDuffie County, Georgia

145 native plants recorded in McDuffie County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 184 plants recorded growing wild in McDuffie County. 145 of them are native to the lower 48, and 11 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 77 wildflowers and herbs, 6 grasses and sedges, 18 shrubs, 3 low woody plants, 34 trees, 7 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 56 of them (39%), 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 McDuffie County

Sun all day in McDuffie County: 56 rated natives

27 trees, 15 wildflowers and herbs, 10 shrubs, 3 grasses and sedges, 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. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
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
4. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Stiff dogwood (Cornus foemina) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in McDuffie County: 32 rated natives

18 trees, 10 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs. 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 · high shade tolerance
2. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · high shade tolerance
4. Common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance · toxicity: severe
5. Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.9 ft mature · moderate growth · high shade tolerance
6. Stiff dogwood (Cornus foemina) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Strawcolored flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Dwarf St. Johnswort (Hypericum mutilum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in McDuffie County: 19 rated natives

8 trees, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs. 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. Common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth
3. 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
4. Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.9 ft mature · moderate growth
5. Strawcolored flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Waterpod (Hydrolea quadrivalvis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · perennial
7. Wax myrtle (Morella cerifera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Inkberry (Ilex glabra) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · perennial

Heavy clay in McDuffie County: 32 rated natives

12 trees, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 8 shrubs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants. 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. 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
3. Cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
5. Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Stiff dogwood (Cornus foemina) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth
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

Sandy, drains fast in McDuffie County: 43 rated natives

22 trees, 11 wildflowers and herbs, 7 shrubs, 2 grasses and sedges, 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. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
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
4. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Never watered in McDuffie County: 22 rated natives

10 trees, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 4 shrubs, 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. 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
3. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
5. Common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth
6. New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.4 ft mature · rapid growth · toxicity: slight
8. Pennsylvania smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanicum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.9 ft mature · moderate growth

Stays soggy in McDuffie County: 27 rated natives

9 trees, 8 shrubs, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 3 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. 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
2. Fetterbush lyonia (Lyonia lucida) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
4. Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
5. Marsh seedbox (Ludwigia palustris) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 0.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Needlepod rush (Juncus scirpoides) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
7. Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. Lesser creeping rush (Juncus repens) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives McDuffie County has that most of Georgia does not

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

• Creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata): 2 counties
• Green rockcress (Arabis missouriensis): 3 counties
• Common leopardbane (Arnica acaulis): 4 counties
• Eastern leatherwood (Dirca palustris): 5 counties
• Bluestem pricklypoppy (Argemone albiflora): 6 counties
• Narrowleaf pinweed (Lechea tenuifolia): 6 counties

Where to start in McDuffie County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where McDuffie County gives you the most rated choice (56 plants), and Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 19 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 89 unrated natives too.