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Georgia Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Georgia. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea Wild Hydrangea Sevenbark | |
| Hydrangea quercifolia | Oakleaf Hydrangea Oak-leaf Hydrangea | |
| Ilex amelanchier | Sarvis Holly Swamp Holly | |
| Ilex coriacea | Baygall Bush Large Gallberry Gallberry Tall Inkberry Holly Inkberry Holly Shining Inkberry Inkberry | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
| Illicium floridanum | Florida Anisetree Florida Anise Anise Tree Stinkbush | |
| Ilex glabra | Inkberry Gallberry | |
| Ilex opaca | American Holly White Holly Prickly Holly Evergreen Holly Christmas Holly Yule Holly | |
| Illicium parviflorum | Yellow Anisetree Small Anisetree Star Anise | |
| Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry Winterberry Michigan Holly Black Alder | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
| Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire Tassel-white Virginia Willow | |
| Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | |
| Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel Calico Bush Kalmia Mountain-laurel | |
| Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal Doghobble Coast Leucothoe | |
| Leucothoe fontanesiana | Highland Doghobble Drooping Leucothoe | |
| Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree Tulip Poplar Yellow Poplar | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
| Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush Fetterbush Lyonia Shinyleaf Fetterbush Staggerbush | |
| Lygodium palmatum | American Climbing Fern Hartford Fern Creeping Fern Windsor Fern | |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber Tree Mountain Magnolia | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple Narrowleaf Crabapple Wild Crabapple Southern Crab Narrowleaf Crab Wild Crab | |
| Magnolia ashei | Ashe's Magnolia Ashe Magnolia Deciduous Magnolia | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay | |
| Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf Magnolia | |
| Magnolia pyramidata | Pyramid Magnolia | |
| Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Spikenard False Solomon's Seal Solomon's Plume Smilacina | |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree | |
| Mitella diphylla | Twoleaf Miterwort Miterwort | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Nyssa aquatica | Water Tupelo Blackgum Sourgum Cotton Gum Swamp Tupelo Water Gum | |
| Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee Tupelo Ogeechee Lime | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo Blackgum Black Tupelo Sourgum Pepperidge Tupelo Gum Beetlebung | |
| Oenothera fruticosa | Narrowleaf Evening-primrose Narrow-leaf Evening-primrose Sundrops Narrowleaf Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern Bead Fern Sympathy Fern | |
| Osmanthus americanus | American Olive Devilwood Wild Olive | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
| Osmunda claytoniana | Interrupted Fern | |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood | |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny Spurge Mountain Spurge | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon smallii | Small's Penstemon Small's Beardtongue | |
| Phlox carolina | Carolina Phlox Summer Phlox Thickleaf Phlox | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox Louisiana Phlox Blue Woodland Phlox Sweet William Wild Sweet William | |
| Philadelphus inodorus | Scentless Mock Orange | |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark Atlantic Ninebark | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
| Phlox stolonifera | Creeping Phlox | |
| Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox Moss Phlox Moss Pink Rock Pink | |
| Pinckneya bracteata | Fevertree Pinckneya Feverbark Poinsettia Tree Georgia Bark | |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine Shortleaf Yellow Pine Southern Yellow Pine Yellow Pine Shortstraw Pine Arkansas Pine Longtag Pine Spruce Pine Oldfield Pine Arkansas Soft Pine | |
| Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine | |
| Pinus glabra | Spruce Pine | |
| Pinus palustris | Longleaf Pine Georgia Pine Longleaf Yellow Pine Southern Yellow Pine Longstraw Pine Hill Pine Hard Pine Heart Pine | |
| Pinus strobus | Eastern White Pine Weymouth Pine | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine Oldfield Pine Bull Pine Rosemary Pine | |
| Pinus virginiana | Virginia Pine Jersey Pine Scrub Pine | |
| Planera aquatica | Planer Tree Water Elm | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore Eastern Sycamore American Plane Tree Plane Tree Buttonwood Buttonball Tree | |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | |
| Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherry-laurel Cherry-laurel Laurel Cherry Carolina Laurel Cherry | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Western Bracken Fern Bracken Fern Western Bracken Bracken | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
| Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary Mountain Mint Silverleaf Mountain Mint | |
| Quercus alba | White Oak Northern White Oak Eastern White Oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
| Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak Red Oak | |
| Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak Bottomland Red Oak Three-lobed Red Oak Spanish Oak | |
| Quercus hemisphaerica | Coast Laurel Oak Darlington Oak Laurel Oak | |
| Quercus laevis | Turkey Oak | |
| Quercus laurifolia | Laurel Oak Swamp Laurel Oak Darlington Oak Diamond-leaf Oak Laurel-leaf Oak Water Oak Obtusa Oak | |
| Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak Swamp Post Oak Water White Oak Swamp White Oak | |
| Quercus michauxii | Swamp Chestnut Oak Basket Oak Cow Oak Swamp Oak | |
| Quercus montana | Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Mountain Chestnut Oak Rock Oak Tanbark Oak | |
| Quercus nigra | Water Oak Possum Oak Duck Oak Punk Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Quercus palustris | Pin Oak Swamp Spanish Oak | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow Oak Swamp Willow Oak Pin Oak Peach Oak | |
| Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Rhododendron alabamense | Alabama Azalea | |
| Rhododendron arborescens | Smooth Azalea Sweet Azalea | |
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