Native Plants for Georgia This collection, by the University of Georgia Department of Horticulture, presents close to six dozen native trees, shrubs, and woody vines that are available in the nursery trade and are especially suitable for landscape use.
QR Tag	Name	Characteristics
	Acer barbatum Southern sugar maple, Florida maple, Caddo maple, Rock maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Acer rubrum Red maple, Scarlet maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Acer saccharum Sugar maple, Northern sugar maple	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush buckeye	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Aesculus pavia Scarlet Buckeye, Red buckeye, Firecracker plant	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Betula nigra River birch, Red birch	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Bignonia capreolata Crossvine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Callicarpa americana American beautyberry, French mulberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Calycanthus floridus Eastern sweetshrub, Carolina allspice, Sweet shrub	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Carpinus caroliniana American hornbeam, Blue beech, Musclewood, Ironwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Cephalanthus occidentalis Common buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button willow	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud, Redbud	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Chionanthus virginicus White fringetree, Fringe tree, Grancy Graybeard	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Cladrastis kentukea Kentucky yellowwood, Yellowwood, Gopherwood, Virgilia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Clethra alnifolia Coastal sweet pepperbush, Clethra, Summer sweet	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Cornus florida Flowering dogwood, Virginia dogwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Cyrilla racemiflora Swamp titi, Titi, Leatherwood, Swamp cyrilla, Palo colorado	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Euonymus americanus American strawberry-bush, Strawberry bush, Brook euonymus, Hearts-a-burstin, Bursting-heart, Wahoo	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Fothergilla gardenii Dwarf witchalder, Dwarf witch-alder, Dwarf fothergilla	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Gelsemium sempervirens Carolina jessamine, Yellow jessamine, Evening trumpetflower, Poor man's rope	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Halesia tetraptera Mountain silverbell, Carolina silverbell, Silverbell tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea, Oak-leaf hydrangea	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: Moist
	Ilex decidua Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Winterberry, Deciduous yaupon	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Ilex glabra Inkberry, Gallberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Ilex opaca American holly, Christmas holly	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Dry
	Ilex verticillata Common winterberry, Michigan holly, Black alder	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry
	Ilex vomitoria Yaupon, Yaupon holly, Cassina	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Illicium floridanum Florida anisetree, Florida anise, Anise tree, Stinkbush	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Illicium parviflorum Yellow anisetree, Small anisetree, Star anise	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Itea virginica Virginia sweetspire, Tassel-white	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Juglans nigra Black walnut, Eastern black walnut	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Juniperus virginiana Eastern red cedar, Eastern redcedar, Virginia juniper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry
	Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip tree, Tulip poplar, Yellow poplar	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Lonicera sempervirens Coral honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Woodbine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Magnolia grandiflora Southern magnolia, Evergreen magnolia, Bull bay	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Magnolia macrophylla Bigleaf magnolia	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Morella cerifera Wax myrtle, Southern bayberry, Candleberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist
	Ostrya virginiana Eastern hop-hornbeam, Hophornbeam, Ironwood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood, Sorrel tree	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Pinckneya bracteata Fevertree, Pinckneya, Feverbark, Poinsettia tree, Georgia bark	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Pinus taeda Loblolly pine, Old field pine, Bull pine, Rosemary pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Pinus virginiana Virginia pine, Jersey pine, Scrub pine	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Platanus occidentalis American sycamore, Buttonwood, Plane-tree, Sycamore	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Quercus alba White oak, Northern white oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Quercus coccinea Scarlet oak, Red oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist
	Quercus falcata Southern red oak, Spanish oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Quercus nigra Water oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Quercus phellos Willow oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist
	Quercus shumardii Shumard oak, Shumard's oak, Shumard red oak, Southern red oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Quercus virginiana Coastal live oak, Southern live oak, Live oak	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Rhapidophyllum hystrix Needle palm, Blue palmetto	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water:
	Sabal minor Dwarf palmetto, Palmetto, Bush palmetto	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Sabal palmetto Cabbage palmetto, Cabbage palm	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water:
	Sassafras albidum Sassafras	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Styrax americanus American snowbell, American snowbells, American silverbells, Big-leaf snowbell, Storax	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet
	Taxodium distichum Bald cypress, Baldcypress, Common bald cypress, Southern bald cypress, Deciduous cypress	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Tsuga canadensis Eastern hemlock	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Vaccinium arboreum Farkleberry, Tree sparkleberry, Sparkleberry	Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry
	Viburnum acerifolium Mapleleaf viburnum, Maple-leaf viburnum, Arrow-wood, Maple-leaf arrow-wood	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry
	Wisteria frutescens American wisteria, Texas wisteria, Kentucky wisteria	Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist
	Xanthorhiza simplicissima Shrub yellowroot, Yellowroot	Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water:
	Yucca filamentosa Adam's needle	Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun Water: Dry

Native Plants for Georgia