Dry woodlands with scattered canopy trees WHAT ARE NATIVE PLANTS? often support a profusion of fall blooming & Native Plants, species that grew naturally in this wildflowers such as sunflowers, goldenrods, region prior to the colonial era, are uniquely G with and blazing stars. The upland forest with adapted to local conditions. They are suited to both the highest soil moisture occurs on slopes the physical and biological conditions of their native Native Plants where resistance to fire allows a variety of areas. trees such as American beech, white oak, BENEFITS OF NATIVES Georgia’s spruce pine, and southern magnolia to Promote biodiversity grow, as well as shrubs like Carolina Lower landscape & garden maintenance once Coastal buckthorn, needle palm, red buckeye, horse established by reducing the need for fertilizer, sugar, fringe tree, and native azaleas. pesticides and watering. Where soils have higher moisture and Foster appreciation of our natural mineral levels, the ground layer is rich and heritage and the beauty of our native reminiscent of the Southern Appalachians landscape with spring flowering plants like bloodroot, Native flora provide food and shelter tailored May apple, trout lily, doll’s eyes and to wildlife Solomon’s seal. By maintaining natural habitats and mending Coastal Plain of G LOWLANDS AND WETLANDS are areas those that are fragmented, you can make a Climate Zone: 8B Eco-regions 65 - 75 where the soil is inundated or saturated for a difference whether working at the landscape portion of each year, and include both riverine level or planting in containers. THE COASTAL PLAIN OF GEORGIA in this BASICS FOR USING NATIVES and isolated wetlands. Riverine communities is the equivalent of the Southeastern Plains and include cypress tupelo gum river swamps, Landscaping with native plants is art Southern Coastal Plain ecoregions as defined in the State Wild- bottomland hardwood forests, and black water imitating nature. Visit natural areas life Action Plan. The upper region of the Fall Line in stream floodplain forests. Woody plants include near to where you live and observe mid-Georgia and continues to the state line. trees like bald cypress, swamp tupelo, and black which plants are growing together. willow, along with shrubs such as titi, gall berry, Create similar plant communities HABITATS OF COASTAL PLAIN GEORGIA and possum haw. Isolated wetlands include in your garden. The Coastal Plain ecoregion of Georgia lime sink ponds, Carolina bays, cypress Match plants with the right soil, moisture encompasses more land than any other savannas, wet flat woods, cypress gum ecoregion in the state. Changes in elevation, even and light conditions. depression swamps, seepage slopes, and pitcher minor ones, can make a difference • Provide initial care the first year as for any new plant bogs. Isolated wetlands support a rich between an upland and a lowland. Soil planted landscape health and reproductive variety of grasses and wildflowers depending on Lily” by John Abbot - moisture, determined by soil type, elevation, and requirements. Use native plants that grow the openness of the tree canopy, the more open similarly to cultivars you are considering. proximity to the water table, is a major factor in defin- This brochure is the canopy and the fewer the shrubs the higher PROTECT NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES ing plant communities in the Coastal Plain. brought to you by the the wildflower diversity. Wetter communities include longleaf pine Learn about native plants and the UPLAND FORESTS may contain pitcher plants as well as a wide natural communities GEORGIA NATIVE dominated sand hills, river dunes, moist long variety of grasses, sedges, and orchids. Buy only nursery-propagated plant leaf pine woodlands, and hardwood forests on moist PLANT SOCIETY More information about Georgia’s ecoregions and material slopes. Drier communities such as sand hills, evergreen natural communities can be found in the State Do not remove plants from the wild www oak forests, and dry deciduous hardwood forests are Wildlife Action unless participating in a legitimate and COASTAL WILDSCAPES usually dominated by a mixture of pines and oaks with (section IV. authorized “plant rescue” program. many evergreen shrubs, such as sparkleberry and saw Conservation Landscape Assessments and www Protect native plant and natural area habitats palmetto, in the understory. Conservations strategies, read Southeastern Plains and Southern Coastal Plain) Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) 3 White Oak (Quercus alba) 2 VINES: DECIDUOUS NATIVE PLANT LIST Bluff Oak (Quercus austrina) 3 Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) 3 Peppervine (Ampelopsis arborea) 2 Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata) 2 Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) 2 Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) 1 for COASTAL PLAIN Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) PERENNIALS Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) 2 GARDENS Basswood (Tilia americana) 2 Ca 2 ST Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) 2 MARKET AVAILABILITY: 1-3 Most to Least SHRUBS: EVERGREEN It takes dedication to find native plants for your Eastern Baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) 3 g but the rewards are great. Share this list Scarlet Rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus)2OH DO NOT PLANT EXOTIC-INVASIVE SPECIES!! Coral Bean (Erythrina herbacea) 2 Ca with your local nursery and encourage them to Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus grandiflorus) 3OH REMOVE THEM FROM YOUR PROPERTY Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) 1 carry more native species. Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) 2 Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera) 1 ST Invasive Plants of High Concern Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) 2 CONDITIONS Chapman’s Oak (Quercus chapmanii) 2 in the Coastal Plain Goldenrod (Solidago odora) 3 Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor) 1 Ca G= Full sun H = very wet Tall Ironweed (Vernonia angustifolia) 2 Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) 1 Giant Reed (Arundo donax) Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca) 2 C = Partial shade X = very dry Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) 2 Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) D = Shade ST = Salt Tolerance Bear Grass (Yucca filamentosa) 2 Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) FERNS Ca Shell soil Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) 2 Coral Ardisia (Ardisia crenata) SHRUBS: DECIDUOUS Southern Shieldfern (Thelypteris kunthii) 2 Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) 2 Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) WET TO MOIST SOILS Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii) 2 Elaeagnus (Elaeagnus spp.) TREES: EVERGREEN GRASSES, SEDGES & RUSHES Hearts-a-burstin (Euonymus americanus) 1 Cogon Grass (Imperata cylindrica) Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana) 1 Common Rush (Juncus effusus)3 Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) 2 Spruce Pine (Pinus glabra) 2 Non-native lespedeza (Exotic Lespedeza spp.) Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Spartina patens) 2 ST Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia) 2 Pond Pine (Pinus serotina) 3 Nonnative privet (Ligustrum spp.) Sand Cordgrass (Spartina bakeri) 2 ST Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum) 2 Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) VINES: DECIDUOUS Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) 2 TREES: DECIDUOUS Swamp Jessamin (Gelsemium rankinii) 2 Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum) Red Maple (Acer rubrum)1 American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) 1 PERENNIALS Chinaberry Tree (Melia azedarach) River Birch (Betula nigra) 1 H Wild White Indigo (Baptisia alba) 2 Nepalese Browntop (Microstegium vimineum) Swamp Titi (Cyrilla racemiflora 3 NORMAL TO DRY SOILS Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) 2 Nandina (Nandina domestica) Two-wing Silverbell (Halesia diptera) TREES: EVERGREEN Blanket Flower (Gaillardia pulchella) 1 Golden Bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) 1 Southern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana var. Dune Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) 2 Kudzu (Pueraria montana) Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) 1 silicicola) 2 ST Spotted Beebalm (Monarda punctata) 3 Chinese Tallow (Triadica sebifera) Ogeechee Lime (Nyssa ogeche)2 Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 1 Blackeyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) 1 Tung-oil Tree (Vernicia fordii) Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii)2 Wild Olive (Osmanthus americanus) 2 Ca Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea) 1 Ca American Snowbell (Styrax americanus) 2 Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii) 2 Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens) 2 Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) 2 Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) 2 Carolina Cherry (Prunus caroliniana) 2 For more information on invasive SHRUBS: EVERGREEN Sand Live Oak (Quercus geminata) 1 ST GRASSES, SEDGES & RUSHES species, visit the Georgia Exotic Switchcane (Arundinaria tecta) 3 Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) 1 Field Lovegrass (Eragrostis elliottii) 2 Pest Plant Council: Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine) 1 Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) 1 ST Sweetgrass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) 1 Inkberry (Ilex glabra) 2 ST Tough Bully (Sideroxylon tenax) 3 ST Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) 1 www Small-leaf Arrowwood (Viburnum obovatum) Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria) 3 Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) 1 2 Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) 2 Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) G TREES: DECIDUOUS Purpletop Tidens (Tridens flavus) 2 Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra) 2 Eastern Gamma Grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) SHRUBS: DECIDUOUS Chinquapin (Castanea pumila)2 2 Ca Devil’s Walkingstick (Aralia spinosa) 2 Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Ca Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) 2 Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) 2 VINES: EVERGREEN Dogwood (Cornus florida) 1 Southern Swamp Dogwood (Cornus foemina) Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata) 1 2 Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) 2 Yellow Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) 1 Southern Crab Apple (Malus angustifolia) 2 Mayhaw (Crataegus aestivalis) 2 Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica) 2 Sweetspire (Itea virginica) 1 1 Ca Piedmont Azalea (Rhododendron canescens) 2 Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) 2 .