Native plants for Wilkinson County, Georgia
64 native plants recorded in Wilkinson County, Georgia
USDA has only 72 plant records of any kind for Wilkinson County, against 3,181 natives statewide. That is a gap in who has collected here, not a shortage of plants, so treat the 64 below as a floor.
By type: 26 wildflowers and herbs, 6 grasses and sedges, 4 shrubs, 2 low woody plants, 20 trees, 6 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 22 of them (34%), and only those can be matched to a spot below.
What fits each kind of spot in Wilkinson County
| Spot | Rated to fit | Rated not to | Unrated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun all day | 22 | 0 | 42 |
| Half shade | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| Under trees | 8 | 14 | 42 |
| Heavy clay | 13 | 9 | 42 |
| Sandy, drains fast | 14 | 8 | 42 |
| Never watered | 8 | 14 | 42 |
| Stays soggy | 11 | 11 | 42 |
Sun all day in Wilkinson County: 22 rated natives
13 trees, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 4 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Variable panicgrass (Dichanthelium commutatum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Winter bentgrass (Agrostis hyemalis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · perennial - Western brackenfern (Pteridium aquilinum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Carolina ash (Fraxinus caroliniana) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
Half shade in Wilkinson County: 11 rated natives
6 trees, 3 grasses and sedges, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance - Variable panicgrass (Dichanthelium commutatum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Winter bentgrass (Agrostis hyemalis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance - 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 - Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · perennial · high shade tolerance
Under trees in Wilkinson County: 8 rated natives
6 trees, 1 wildflowers and herbs, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - 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 - Lesser creeping rush (Juncus repens) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · needs saturated soil (pond or bog), not a regular bed - Water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · needs saturated soil (pond or bog), not a regular bed
Heavy clay in Wilkinson County: 13 rated natives
7 trees, 3 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Winter bentgrass (Agrostis hyemalis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · perennial - Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - 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 - Swamp loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · needs saturated soil (pond or bog), not a regular bed
Sandy, drains fast in Wilkinson County: 14 rated natives
9 trees, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 2 grasses and sedges, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial - Variable panicgrass (Dichanthelium commutatum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Western brackenfern (Pteridium aquilinum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Carolina ash (Fraxinus caroliniana) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial - Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial - Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
Never watered in Wilkinson County: 8 rated natives
4 trees, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 1 grasses and sedges. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Variable panicgrass (Dichanthelium commutatum) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial - Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) trees
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · perennial - Western brackenfern (Pteridium aquilinum) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight - Turkey oak (Quercus laevis) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance - Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · perennial · high drought tolerance - Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · rapid growth · perennial
Stays soggy in Wilkinson County: 11 rated natives
5 trees, 3 grasses and sedges, 2 wildflowers and herbs, 1 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:
- Swamp loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus) shrubs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 8 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Virginia iris (Iris virginica) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - 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 - 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 - Winter bentgrass (Agrostis hyemalis) grasses and sedges
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 3.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) wildflowers and herbs
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial - Carolina ash (Fraxinus caroliniana) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil - Dwarf palmetto (Sabal minor) trees
USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 9 ft mature · perennial · takes saturated soil
Natives Wilkinson County has that most of Georgia does not
4 natives here are on file in no more than 8 of Georgia's 159 counties. A few of them:
- Purple sandgrass (Triplasis purpurea): 4 counties
- Carelessweed (Amaranthus palmeri): 6 counties
- Green fringed orchid (Platanthera lacera): 6 counties
- Downy pagoda-plant (Blephilia ciliata): 7 counties
Where to start in Wilkinson County
If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Wilkinson County gives you the most rated choice (22 plants), and Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is the easiest start on that list. Never watered is the hard one here: 8 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 42 unrated natives too.