Native plants for Wilcox County, Georgia

165 native plants recorded in Wilcox County, Georgia

The USDA plant database has 192 plants recorded growing wild in Wilcox County. 165 of them are native to the lower 48, and 6 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 85 wildflowers and herbs, 15 grasses and sedges, 16 shrubs, 5 low woody plants, 39 trees, 5 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 54 of them (33%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. A plant missing here has not been recorded yet, which is not proof it would fail.

What fits each kind of spot in Wilcox County

Sun all day in Wilcox County: 54 rated natives

28 trees, 12 wildflowers and herbs, 7 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 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. Hairy chaffhead (Carphephorus paniculatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 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. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · 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 Wilcox County: 29 rated natives

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

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 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. 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. 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
5. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
7. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
8. Redtop panicgrass (Panicum rigidulum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance

Under trees in Wilcox County: 17 rated natives

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

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 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. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
4. Dixie ticktrefoil (Desmodium tortuosum) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
6. Redtop panicgrass (Panicum rigidulum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
8. Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial

Heavy clay in Wilcox County: 34 rated natives

15 trees, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 7 grasses and sedges, 3 shrubs, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
2. Hairy chaffhead (Carphephorus paniculatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid 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. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
5. Dixie ticktrefoil (Desmodium tortuosum) low woody plants
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
6. Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
7. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
8. Cat greenbrier (Smilax glauca) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Wilcox County: 38 rated natives

23 trees, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 4 shrubs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants, 1 vines. 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. 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. Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5 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. Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · 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. Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) shrubs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial

Never watered in Wilcox County: 24 rated natives

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

1. 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
2. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 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. Hairy chaffhead (Carphephorus paniculatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
5. 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
6. Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 5.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
7. Wrinkleleaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
8. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Stays soggy in Wilcox County: 28 rated natives

13 trees, 7 wildflowers and herbs, 6 grasses and sedges, 2 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

1. Bluntleaf bedstraw (Galium obtusum) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
2. Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · rapid 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. Carolina redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana) wildflowers and herbs
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
7. 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
8. Redtop panicgrass (Panicum rigidulum) grasses and sedges
   USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Wilcox 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:

• Horsetail paspalum (Paspalum fluitans): only here
• Lakecress (Neobeckia aquatica): 2 counties
• Smallflower fumewort (Corydalis micrantha): 7 counties
• Bulltongue arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia): 8 counties
• Leavenworth's goldenrod (Solidago leavenworthii): 8 counties

Where to start in Wilcox County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Wilcox County gives you the most rated choice (54 plants), and Comfortroot (Hibiscus aculeatus) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 17 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 111 unrated natives too.