Native plants for Talbot County, Georgia

131 native plants recorded in Talbot County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 151 plants recorded growing wild in Talbot County. 131 of them are native to the lower 48, and 1 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 59 wildflowers and herbs, 15 grasses and sedges, 16 shrubs, 3 low woody plants, 32 trees, 6 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 46 of them (35%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Gray everlasting (Gamochaeta coarctata) is also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Talbot County

Sun all day in Talbot County: 46 rated natives

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

1. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. 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
4. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial
8. Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial

Half shade in Talbot County: 21 rated natives

9 trees, 5 shrubs, 5 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
2. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
6. Manyflower flatsedge (Cyperus lancastriensis) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
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. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance

Under trees in Talbot County: 13 rated natives

5 trees, 4 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 1 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Manyflower flatsedge (Cyperus lancastriensis) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.1 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Strawcolored flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 5 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Inkberry (Ilex glabra) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 8 ft mature · perennial
7. Giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
8. Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Talbot County: 26 rated natives

11 trees, 6 shrubs, 5 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Umbrella-tree (Magnolia tripetala) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Talbot County: 32 rated natives

16 trees, 9 shrubs, 4 grasses and sedges, 3 wildflowers and herbs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. 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
3. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
4. Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial
6. Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial
7. Common sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
8. Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Talbot County: 19 rated natives

10 trees, 5 shrubs, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate 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. Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
4. Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
5. Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
6. Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
7. New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
8. Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Stays soggy in Talbot County: 26 rated natives

11 trees, 6 wildflowers and herbs, 6 shrubs, 3 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 0.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
2. Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
3. 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
4. Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 10 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Two-wing silverbell (Halesia diptera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Redbay (Persea borbonia) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
7. Southern bayberry (Morella caroliniensis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 7 ft mature · moderate growth · 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 Talbot County has that most of Georgia does not

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

• White four o'clock (Mirabilis albida): only here
• Manyflower flatsedge (Cyperus lancastriensis): 2 counties
• Tracy's bluestem (Andropogon tracyi): 2 counties
• Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides): 3 counties
• Whiteleaf leather flower (Clematis glaucophylla): 3 counties
• Southern twayblade (Listera australis): 3 counties
• Spoon primrose-willow (Ludwigia spathulata): 3 counties
• Prairie tea (Croton monanthogynus): 4 counties
• Eastern fringed catchfly (Silene polypetala): 4 counties
• Woolly dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia tomentosa): 5 counties

Where to start in Talbot County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Talbot County gives you the most rated choice (46 plants), and Common goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 13 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 85 unrated natives too.