Native plants for Mitchell County, Georgia

152 native plants recorded in Mitchell County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 203 plants recorded growing wild in Mitchell County. 152 of them are native to the lower 48, and 19 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 72 wildflowers and herbs, 20 grasses and sedges, 15 shrubs, 10 low woody plants, 32 trees, 3 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 58 of them (38%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Basketgrass (Oplismenus hirtellus), Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) and 1 more are also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Mitchell County

Sun all day in Mitchell County: 58 rated natives

23 trees, 13 grasses and sedges, 10 shrubs, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate 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. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
6. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Mitchell County: 35 rated natives

15 trees, 10 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
2. 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
3. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
4. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. 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
7. Slender little bluestem (Schizachyrium tenerum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance

Under trees in Mitchell County: 24 rated natives

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

1. Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate 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. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Blunt spikerush (Eleocharis obtusa) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Slender little bluestem (Schizachyrium tenerum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
7. Longleaf woodoats (Chasmanthium sessiliflorum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Mitchell County: 40 rated natives

13 trees, 11 grasses and sedges, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 7 shrubs, 1 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. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
4. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate 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. Cat greenbrier (Smilax glauca) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
7. New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Mitchell County: 42 rated natives

19 trees, 9 shrubs, 8 grasses and sedges, 6 wildflowers and herbs. 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. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
5. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Blunt spikerush (Eleocharis obtusa) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Mitchell County: 30 rated natives

10 trees, 7 shrubs, 7 grasses and sedges, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
2. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought 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
4. Dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · perennial
5. Eggleaf rosette grass (Dichanthelium ovale) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.7 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
6. Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Longleaf woodoats (Chasmanthium sessiliflorum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
8. Cat greenbrier (Smilax glauca) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Stays soggy in Mitchell County: 34 rated natives

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

1. 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
2. Eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
3. 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
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. Waterthread pondweed (Potamogeton diversifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
6. Blunt spikerush (Eleocharis obtusa) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Waterpod (Hydrolea quadrivalvis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil
8. Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Natives Mitchell County has that most of Georgia does not

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

• Mudbabies (Echinodorus tenellus): only here
• Harper's beaksedge (Rhynchospora harperi): only here
• Drummond's sedge (Cyperus drummondii): 3 counties
• Spoon primrose-willow (Ludwigia spathulata): 3 counties
• Ram's horn (Proboscidea louisianica): 3 counties
• Southern long sedge (Carex lonchocarpa): 4 counties
• Florida Keys sensitive pea (Chamaecrista deeringiana): 4 counties
• Blood sage (Salvia coccinea): 4 counties
• Carolina anemone (Anemone caroliniana): 5 counties
• Woodland poppymallow (Callirhoe papaver): 5 counties

Where to start in Mitchell County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Mitchell County gives you the most rated choice (58 plants), and Bedstraw St. Johnswort (Hypericum galioides) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 24 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 94 unrated natives too.