Native plants for Monroe County, Georgia
47 native plants recorded in Monroe County, Georgia
USDA has only 61 plant records of any kind for Monroe County, against 3,181 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 47 below as a floor.
By type: 18 wildflowers and herbs, 5 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 12 trees, 5 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 20 of them (43%), and only those can be matched to a spot below.
What fits each kind of spot in Monroe County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| Half shade | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| Under trees | 8 | 12 | 27 |
| Heavy clay | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| Never watered | 9 | 11 | 27 |
| Stays soggy | 7 | 13 | 27 |
Sun all day in Monroe County: 20 rated natives
10 trees, 4 vines, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 shrubs, 1 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1.4 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Saw greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Half shade in Monroe County: 13 rated natives
7 trees, 4 vines, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- 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 - Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 12 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance · toxicity: slight - Red maple (Acer rubrum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Water oak (Quercus nigra) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Willow oak (Quercus phellos) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Monroe County: 8 rated natives
5 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 vines, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 12 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Water oak (Quercus nigra) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Willow oak (Quercus phellos) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · perennial - Black walnut (Juglans nigra) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Crimsoneyed rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) low woody plants
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · needs saturated soil (pond or bog), not a regular bed
Heavy clay in Monroe County: 13 rated natives
6 trees, 2 shrubs, 2 vines, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Saw greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Red maple (Acer rubrum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Sandy, drains fast in Monroe County: 12 rated natives
6 trees, 2 vines, 2 shrubs, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Saw greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Red maple (Acer rubrum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 12 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Black oak (Quercus velutina) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Never watered in Monroe County: 9 rated natives
4 vines, 2 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Saw greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Red maple (Acer rubrum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Graybark grape (Vitis cinerea) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Stays soggy in Monroe County: 7 rated natives
2 shrubs, 2 trees, 1 low woody plants, 1 grasses and sedges, 1 vines. The first 7, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- 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 - Laurel greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Virginia wildrye (Elymus virginicus) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Saw greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Red maple (Acer rubrum) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia) vines
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Water oak (Quercus nigra) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
Natives Monroe County has that most of Georgia does not
2 natives here are on file in no more than 8 of Georgia's 159 counties. A few of them:
- Elliott's gentian (Gentiana catesbaei): 5 counties
- Kral's sedge (Carex kraliana): 6 counties
Where to start in Monroe County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Monroe County gives you the most rated choice (20 plants), and Prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus) is the easiest start on that list. Stays soggy is the hard one here: 7 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 27 unrated natives too.