Dendrology Series
WSFNR10-21
July 2010
Native Trees of Georgia
by Coder Planting Zones
by Dr. Kim D. Coder, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Native trees represent a great ecological bounty and a rich cultural history in Georgia. Native
trees live from the mountains to the sea in many diverse habitats and under many environmental constraints. Native trees add value, comfort, and beauty to life in Georgia. They have provided medicine,
food, fiber, shelter, recreation and aesthetic values. Native trees witnessed the arrival of many groups of
explorers and settlers, many groups of Native Americans, and a number of ice ages. Native trees are
wonderfully adapted to a local area’s climate, soils, pests and other plants. There is a native tree wellsuited for every planting site or landscape position.
A “tree” is defined as a perennial, woody, single-stemmed plant capable of attaining a size
greater than 15 feet in total height and greater than 4 inches in stem diameter. A “native” tree is generally defined as being found within the last three centuries growing wild and reproducing naturally, and
not introduced to an area by human activities. A tree is considered “native in Georgia” if it was not
originally brought to Georgia by people, it is found growing and reproducing naturally in the Georgia
landscape, and its gene sets developed and succeeded under Georgia’s environmental conditions before
human dominance of the land.
Key to proper selection of a native tree for planting on any particular site is assuring it can handle
various climatic and micro-site characteristics. One critical value for native trees is surviving and
thriving under the normal temperature and precipitation requimes expected on a site. This attribute of
surviving and thriving under normal, average temperature and precipitation conditions is summarized as
Coder tree planting zones. The Coder tree planting zone map for Georgia is given in Figure 1.
Most trees can do well for many years beyond their planting zones, especially in high quality or
protected areas. Young trees are much more tolerant of environmental constraints than are older trees.
Coder tree planting zones help demonstrate where native trees should perform best. Beginning tree
planting close to a tree’s native range, as shown within the tables in this publication, will help you
design and plant an effective and efficient native landscape.
Table 1 = trees growing in Coder planting zone 1 -- 112 species; Table 2 = trees growing in
Coder planting zone 2 -- 113 species; Table 3 = trees growing in Coder planting zone 3 -- 102 species;
Table 4 = trees growing in Coder planting zone 4 -- 105 species; Table 5 = trees growing in Coder
planting zone 5 -- 123 species; Table 6 = trees growing in Coder planting zone 6 -- 139 species; Table 7
= trees growing in Coder planting zone 7 -- 116 species; Table 8 = trees growing in all Coder planting
zones in Georgia -- 35 species (zones 1-7 -- a statewide planting distribution).
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Figure 1: Coder Tree Planting Zones of Georgia.
(based upon normal temperature & precipitation data clustering)
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Dr. Kim D. Coder 2010
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Table 1: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 1. (112 species)
scientific name
Acer leucoderme
Acer negundo
Acer nigrum
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum
Acer saccharum
Aesculus glabra
Aesculus sylvatica
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
zone common name
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Asimina triloba
chalk maple
boxelder
black maple
red maple
silver maple
sugar maple
Ohio buckeye
Georgia buckeye
hazel alder
serviceberry
devil’s
walkingstick
1 pawpaw
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula lenta
Betula nigra
1 yellow birch
1 sweet birch
1 river birch
Carpinus caroliniana
1 American
hornbeam
Carya australis
1 Southern shagbark
hickory
Carya cordiformis
1 bitternut hickory
Carya glabra
1 pignut hickory
Carya laciniosa
1 shellbark hickory
Carya ovalis
1 red hickory
Carya ovata
1 shagbark hickory
Carya pallida
1 sand hickory
Carya tomentosa
1 mockernut hickory
Castanea dentata
1 American chestnut
Castanea pumila
1 chinquapin
Celtis laevigata
1 sugarberry
Celtis occidentalis
1 hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis 1 buttonbush
Cercis canadensis
1 redbud
Chionanthus virginicus
1 fringetree
Cladrastis kentukea
1 yellowwood
Cornus alternifolia
1 alternate-leaf
dogwood
Cornus florida
1 flowering dogwood
Cotinus obovatus
1 smoketree
Diospyros virginiana
scientific name
zone common name
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus quadrangulata
1
1
1
1
American beech
white ash
green ash
blue ash
Gleditsia triacanthos
1 honeylocust
Halesia carolina
Halesia tetraptera
Hamamelis virginiana
1 little silverbell
1 mountain silverbell
1 American
witch-hazel
Ilex longipes
Ilex montana
Ilex opaca
Ilex verticillata
1
1
1
1
Juglans cinerea
Juglans nigra
Juniperus virginiana
1 butternut
1 black walnut
1 Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
1 mountain-laurel
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
1 sweetgum
1 yellow-poplar
Magnolia acuminata
Magnolia tripetala
Malus angustifolia
Malus coronaria
Morus rubra
1 mountain
cucumber-tree
1 umbrella-tree
1 Southern crabapple
1 sweet crabapple
1 red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
1 blackgum
Ostrya virginiana
Oxydendrum arboreum
1 Eastern
hophornbeam
1 sourwood
Pinus echinata
Pinus strobus
Pinus taeda
1 shortleaf pine
1 Eastern white pine
1 loblolly pine
Georgia holly
mountain holly
American holly
winterberry
1 persimmon
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Table 1: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 1.
scientific name
Pinus virginiana
Platanus occidentalis
zone common name
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus mexicana
Prunus serotina
1 Virginia pine
1 American
sycamore
1 American plum
1 Chickasaw plum
1 Mexican plum
1 black cherry
Quercus alba
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
1
1
1
1
1
1
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus palustris
Quercus phellos
Quercus prinoides
1
1
1
1
1
1
Quercus rubra
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
1
1
1
1
white oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
shingle oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut
oak
chestnut oak
chinquapin oak
water oak
pin oak
willow oak
dwarf chinquapin
oak
Northern red oak
Shumard’s oak
post oak
black oak
Rhamnus caroliniana
1 buckthorn
Rhododendron catawbiense 1 purple-laurel
Rhododendron maximum 1 rosebay-laurel
scientific name
(continued)
zone common name
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Robinia hispida
Robinia pseudoacacia
1
1
1
1
winged sumac
smooth sumac
pink locust
black locust
Salix nigra
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Sideroxylon lycioides
Staphylea trifolia
Stewartia ovata
1
1
1
1
1
1
black willow
American elder
sassafras
buckthorn bumelia
bladdernut
mountain camellia
Tilia americana
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
Tsuga canadensis
1 American
basswood
1 white basswood
1 poison sumac
1 Eastern hemlock
Ulmus alata
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
Ulmus serotina
1
1
1
1
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
1 farkleberry
1 Northern
possumhaw
1 blackhaw
1 rusty blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum rufidulum
winged elm
American elm
slippery elm
September elm
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Table 2: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 2. (113 species)
scientific name
Abies fraseri
Acer leucoderme
Acer negundo
Acer pensylvanicum
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum
Acer saccharum
Acer spicatum
Aesculus flava
Aesculus sylvatica
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
zone common name
scientific name
zone common name
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Euonymus atropurpureus
2 burningbush
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
2 American beech
2 white ash
2 green ash
Halesia carolina
Halesia tetraptera
Hamamelis virginiana
2 little silverbell
2 mountain silverbell
2 American
witch-hazel
Asimina triloba
Fraser fir
chalk maple
boxelder
striped maple
red maple
silver maple
sugar maple
mountain maple
yellow buckeye
Georgia buckeye
hazel alder
serviceberry
devil’s
walkingstick
2 pawpaw
Ilex longipes
Ilex montana
Ilex opaca
Ilex verticillata
2
2
2
2
Georgia holly
mountain holly
American holly
winterberry
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula lenta
Betula nigra
2 yellow birch
2 sweet birch
2 river birch
Juglans cinerea
Juglans nigra
Juniperus communis
Juniperus virginiana
2
2
2
2
butternut
black walnut
common juniper
Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
2 mountain-laurel
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
2 sweetgum
2 yellow-poplar
Magnolia acuminata
Magnolia fraseri
Magnolia tripetala
Malus angustifolia
Malus coronaria
Morus rubra
2 mountain
cucumber-tree
2 mountain magnolia
2 umbrella-tree
2 Southern crabapple
2 sweet crabapple
2 red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
2 blackgum
Ostrya virginiana
2 Eastern
hophornbeam
2 sourwood
Carpinus caroliniana
2 American
hornbeam
Carya australis
2 Southern shagbark
hickory
Carya cordiformis
2 bitternut hickory
Carya glabra
2 pignut hickory
Carya ovalis
2 red hickory
Carya ovata
2 shagbark hickory
Carya pallida
2 sand hickory
Carya tomentosa
2 mockernut hickory
Castanea dentata
2 American chestnut
Castanea pumila
2 chinquapin
Cephalanthus occidentalis 2 buttonbush
Cercis canadensis
2 redbud
Chionanthus virginicus
2 fringetree
Cladrastis kentukea
2 yellowwood
Clethra acuminata
2 sweet pepperbush
Cornus alternifolia
2 alternate-leaf
dogwood
Cornus florida
2 flowering dogwood
Crataegus flabellata
2 fanleaf hawthorn
Diospyros virginiana
2 persimmon
Oxydendrum arboreum
Pinus echinata
Pinus pungens
2 shortleaf pine
2 Table Mountain
pine
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Table 2: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 2.
scientific name
Pinus rigida
Pinus strobus
Pinus taeda
Pinus virginiana
Platanus occidentalis
zone common name
zone common name
Robinia hispida
Robinia pseudoacacia
Robinia viscosa
2 pink locust
2 black locust
2 clammy locust
Prunus americana
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus serotina
pitch pine
Eastern white pine
loblolly pine
Virginia pine
American
sycamore
2 American plum
2 fire cherry
2 black cherry
Salix nigra
Salix sericea
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Sorbus americana
2
2
2
2
2
Quercus alba
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
2
2
2
2
2
Stewartia ovata
Symplocos tinctoria
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus prinoides
Quercus rubra
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
2
2
2
2
2
scientific name
(continued)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Rhododendron catawbiense 2
Rhododendron maximum 2
Rhus copallinum
2
Rhus glabra
2
Rhus typhina
2
white oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut
oak
chestnut oak
chinquapin oak
water oak
dwarf chinquapin
oak
Northern red oak
post oak
black oak
purple-laurel
rosebay-laurel
winged sumac
smooth sumac
staghorn sumac
Tilia americana
black willow
silky willow
American elder
sassafras
American
mountain-ash
2 mountain camellia
2 sweetleaf
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
Tsuga canadensis
Tsuga caroliniana
2 American
basswood
2 white basswood
2 poison sumac
2 Eastern hemlock
2 Carolina hemlock
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
2 American elm
2 slippery elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
2 farkleberry
2 Northern
possumhaw
2 nannyberry
2 blackhaw
2 rusty blackhaw
Viburnum lentago
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum rufidulum
Zanthoxylum americanum 2 prickly-ash
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Table 3: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 3. (102 species)
scientific name
Acer barbatum
zone common name
scientific name
zone common name
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
3 white ash
3 green ash
Halesia carolina
Halesia tetraptera
Hamamelis virginiana
3 little silverbell
3 mountain silverbell
3 American
witch-hazel
Asimina triloba
3 Southern sugar
maple
3 chalk maple
3 boxelder
3 red maple
3 silver maple
3 Georgia buckeye
3 hazel alder
3 serviceberry
3 devil’s
walkingstick
3 pawpaw
Ilex longipes
Ilex montana
Ilex opaca
Ilex verticillata
3
3
3
3
Betula nigra
3 river birch
Juglans nigra
Juniperus communis
Juniperus virginiana
3 black walnut
3 common juniper
3 Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
3 mountain-laurel
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
3 sweetgum
3 yellow-poplar
Magnolia acuminata
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnolia tripetala
Malus angustifolia
Morus rubra
3 mountain
cucumber-tree
3 Piedmont
cucumber-tree
3 bigleaf magnolia
3 umbrella-tree
3 Southern crabapple
3 red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
3 blackgum
Ostrya virginiana
Oxydendrum arboreum
3 Eastern
hophornbeam
3 sourwood
Pinus echinata
Pinus taeda
Pinus virginiana
Platanus occidentalis
3
3
3
3
Acer leucoderme
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum
Aesculus sylvatica
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
Carpinus caroliniana
3 American
hornbeam
Carya australis
3 Southern shagbark
hickory
Carya cordiformis
3 bitternut hickory
Carya glabra
3 pignut hickory
Carya ovalis
3 red hickory
Carya ovata
3 shagbark hickory
Carya pallida
3 sand hickory
Carya tomentosa
3 mockernut hickory
Castanea dentata
3 American chestnut
Castanea pumila
3 chinquapin
Celtis laevigata
3 sugarberry
Celtis occidentalis
3 hackberry
Celtis tenuifolia
3 Georgia hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis 3 buttonbush
Cercis canadensis
3 redbud
Chionanthus virginicus
3 fringetree
Cornus alternifolia
3 alternate-leaf
dogwood
Cornus florida
3 flowering dogwood
Cornus foemina
3 stiff dogwood
Cornus stricta
3 swamp dogwood
Diospyros virginiana
3 persimmon
Fagus grandifolia
3 American beech
Magnolia cordata
Georgia holly
mountain holly
American holly
winterberry
shortleaf pine
loblolly pine
Virginia pine
American
sycamore
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Table 3: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 3.
scientific name
Populus deltoides
zone common name
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
3 Eastern
cottonwood
3 American plum
3 Chickasaw plum
3 black cherry
3 flatwoods plum
3 hoptree
Quercus alba
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus georgiana
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
3
3
3
3
3
3
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus oglethorpensis
Quercus prinoides
3
3
3
3
3
Quercus rubra
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
3
3
3
white oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
Georgia oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut
oak
chestnut oak
chinquapin oak
water oak
Oglethorpe oak
dwarf chinquapin
oak
Northern red oak
post oak
black oak
scientific name
(continued)
zone common name
Rhamnus caroliniana
Rhododendron maximum
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Robinia hispida
3
3
3
3
3
buckthorn
rosebay-laurel
winged sumac
smooth sumac
pink locust
Salix nigra
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Staphylea trifolia
Symplocos tinctoria
3
3
3
3
3
black willow
American elder
sassafras
bladdernut
sweetleaf
Tilia americana
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
3 American
basswood
3 white basswood
3 poison sumac
Ulmus alata
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
3 winged elm
3 American elm
3 slippery elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
3 farkleberry
3 Northern
possumhaw
3 blackhaw
3 rusty blackhaw
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum rufidulum
Zanthoxylum americanum 3 prickly-ash
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Table 4: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 4. (105 species)
scientific name
Acer barbatum
zone common name
Asimina parviflora
Asimina triloba
4 Southern sugar
maple
4 chalk maple
4 boxelder
4 red maple
4 bottlebrush
buckeye
4 Georgia buckeye
4 hazel alder
4 serviceberry
4 devil’s
walkingstick
4 dwarf pawpaw
4 pawpaw
Betula nigra
4 river birch
Acer leucoderme
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum
Aesculus parviflora
Aesculus sylvatica
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
4 American
hornbeam
Carya australis
4 Southern shagbark
hickory
Carya cordiformis
4 bitternut hickory
Carya glabra
4 pignut hickory
Carya ovalis
4 red hickory
Carya ovata
4 shagbark hickory
Carya pallida
4 sand hickory
Carya tomentosa
4 mockernut hickory
Castanea pumila
4 chinquapin
Catalpa bignonioides
4 Southern catalpa
Celtis laevigata
4 sugarberry
Celtis tenuifolia
4 Georgia hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis 4 buttonbush
Cercis canadensis
4 redbud
Chionanthus virginicus
4 fringetree
Cornus alternifolia
4 alternate-leaf
dogwood
Cornus florida
4 flowering dogwood
Cornus foemina
4 stiff dogwood
Cornus stricta
4 swamp dogwood
scientific name
zone common name
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
4 American beech
4 white ash
4 green ash
Halesia tetraptera
Hamamelis virginiana
4 mountain silverbell
4 American
witch-hazel
Ilex decidua
Ilex opaca
Ilex verticillata
4 possumhaw
4 American holly
4 winterberry
Juglans nigra
Juniperus communis
Juniperus virginiana
4 black walnut
4 common juniper
4 Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
4 mountain-laurel
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
4 sweetgum
4 yellow-poplar
Magnolia acuminata
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnolia tripetala
Magnolia virginiana
Malus angustifolia
Morus rubra
4 mountain
cucumber-tree
4 Piedmont
cucumber-tree
4 bigleaf magnolia
4 umbrella-tree
4 sweetbay
4 Southern crabapple
4 red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
4 blackgum
Ostrya virginiana
Oxydendrum arboreum
4 Eastern
hophornbeam
4 sourwood
Pinus echinata
Pinus palustris
Pinus taeda
Platanus occidentalis
4
4
4
4
Carpinus caroliniana
Diospyros virginiana
4 persimmon
Magnolia cordata
shortleaf pine
longleaf pine
loblolly pine
American
sycamore
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Table 4: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 4.
scientific name
Populus deltoides
zone common name
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus mexicana
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
4 Eastern
cottonwood
4 American plum
4 Chickasaw plum
4 Mexican plum
4 black cherry
4 flatwoods plum
4 hoptree
Quercus alba
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus georgiana
Quercus laevis
Quercus lyrata
Quercus margaretta
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus oglethorpensis
Quercus phellos
Quercus prinoides
4
4
4
4
4
Quercus rubra
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
4
4
4
4
white oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
Georgia oak
turkey oak
overcup oak
sand post oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut
oak
chinquapin oak
water oak
Oglethorpe oak
willow oak
dwarf chinquapin
oak
Northern red oak
Shumard oak
post oak
black oak
scientific name
(continued)
zone common name
Rhamnus caroliniana
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
4 buckthorn
4 winged sumac
4 smooth sumac
Salix nigra
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Sideroxylon lycioides
Styrax americanus
Symplocos tinctoria
4
4
4
4
4
4
Tilia americana
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
4 American
basswood
4 white basswood
4 poison sumac
Ulmus alata
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
4 winged elm
4 American elm
4 slippery elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
4 farkleberry
4 Northern
possumhaw
4 Southern
possumhaw
4 blackhaw
4 rusty blackhaw
Viburnum nudum
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum rufidulum
black willow
American elder
sassafras
buckthorn bumelia
American snowbell
sweetleaf
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Table 5: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 5. (123 species)
scientific name
zone common name
Acer barbatum
Asimina parviflora
5 Southern sugar
maple
5 boxelder
5 red maple
5 bottlebrush
buckeye
5 red buckeye
5 hazel alder
5 serviceberry
5 devil’s
walkingstick
5 dwarf pawpaw
Betula nigra
5 river birch
scientific name
zone common name
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
5 white ash
5 Carolina ash
5 green ash
Gordonia lasianthus
5 loblolly bay
Halesia diptera
Halesia tetraptera
Hamamelis virginiana
5 two-wing silverbell
5 mountain silverbell
5 American
witch-hazel
Ilex ambigua
Ilex decidua
Ilex opaca
5 Carolina holly
5 possumhaw
5 American holly
5 American
hornbeam
Carya cordiformis
5 bitternut hickory
Carya glabra
5 pignut hickory
Carya myristiciformis
5 nutmeg hickory
Carya ovalis
5 red hickory
Carya pallida
5 sand hickory
Carya tomentosa
5 mockernut hickory
Castanea pumila
5 chinquapin
Catalpa bignonioides
5 Southern catalpa
Celtis laevigata
5 sugarberry
Celtis tenuifolia
5 Georgia hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis 5 buttonbush
Cercis canadensis
5 redbud
Chamaecyparis thyoides 5 Atlantic whitecedar
Chionanthus virginicus
5 fringetree
Cornus florida
5 flowering dogwood
Cornus foemina
5 stiff dogwood
Cornus stricta
5 swamp dogwood
Cyrilla racemiflora
5 swamp titi
Juglans nigra
Juniperus virginiana
5 black walnut
5 Eastern redcedar
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
5 sweetgum
5 yellow-poplar
Magnolia cordata
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnolia pyramidata
Magnolia tripetala
Magnolia virginiana
Malus angustifolia
Morus rubra
Myrica cerifera
Myrica heterophylla
5 Piedmont
cucumber-tree
5 Southern magnolia
5 bigleaf magnolia
5 pyramid magnolia
5 umbrella-tree
5 sweetbay
5 Southern crabapple
5 red mulberry
5 wax-myrtle
5 evergreen bayberry
Nyssa aquatica
Nyssa sylvatica
5 water tupelo
5 blackgum
Diospyros virginiana
5 persimmon
Ostrya virginiana
5 Eastern
hophornbeam
Elliottia racemosa
5 Georgia plume
Persea borbonia
Persea palustris
Pinckneya bracteata
5 red-bay
5 swamp-bay
5 fevertree
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum
Aesculus parviflora
Aesculus pavia
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
Carpinus caroliniana
Fagus grandifolia
Forestiera acuminata
5 American beech
5 swamp-privet
11
Table 5: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 5.
scientific name
zone common name
Pinus echinata
Pinus elliottii
Pinus glabra
Pinus palustris
Pinus serotina
Pinus taeda
Planera aquatica
Platanus occidentalis
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Populus deltoides
5
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus caroliniana
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
5
5
5
5
5
5
Quercus alba
Quercus arkansana
Quercus austrina
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus hemisphaerica
Quercus incana
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus lyrata
Quercus margaretta
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus pagoda
shortleaf pine
slash pine
spruce pine
longleaf pine
pond pine
loblolly pine
planertree
American
sycamore
Eastern
cottonwood
American plum
Chickasaw plum
laurelcherry
black cherry
flatwoods plum
hoptree
white oak
Arkansas oak
bluff oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
laurel oak
bluejack oak
turkey oak
swamp laurel oak
overcup oak
sand post oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut
oak
5 chinquapin oak
5 water oak
5 cherrybark oak
scientific name
(continued)
zone common name
Quercus phellos
Quercus rubra
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
5
5
5
5
5
willow oak
Northern red oak
Shumard’s oak
post oak
black oak
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Salix floridana
Salix nigra
Sambucus canadensis
Sambucus simpsonii
Sassafras albidum
Sideroxylon lanuginosa
Sideroxylon lycioides
Styrax americanus
Styrax grandifolius
Symplocos tinctoria
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
winged sumac
smooth sumac
Florida willow
black willow
American elder
Southern elder
sassafras
gum bumelia
buckthorn bumelia
American snowbell
bigleaf snowbell
sweetleaf
Taxodium distichum
Tilia americana
Tilia caroliniana
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
5 bald-cypress
5 American
basswood
5 Carolina basswood
5 white basswood
5 poison sumac
Ulmus alata
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
5 winged elm
5 American elm
5 slippery elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum nudum
5 farkleberry
5 Southern
possumhaw
5 small-leaf
arrowwood
5 rusty blackhaw
Viburnum obovatum
Viburnum rufidulum
12
Table 6: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 6. (139 species)
scientific name
zone common name
Acer barbatum
Asimina parviflora
6 Southern sugar
maple
6 red maple
6 red buckeye
6 hazel alder
6 serviceberry
6 devil’s
walkingstick
6 dwarf pawpaw
Baccharis halimifolia
Betula nigra
6 Eastern baccharis
6 river birch
Acer rubrum
Aesculus pavia
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
Carpinus caroliniana
6 American
hornbeam
Carya aquatica
6 water hickory
Carya cordiformis
6 bitternut hickory
Carya glabra
6 pignut hickory
Carya myristiciformis
6 nutmeg hickory
Carya ovalis
6 red hickory
Carya tomentosa
6 mockernut hickory
Castanea pumila
6 chinquapin
Catalpa bignonioides
6 Southern catalpa
Celtis laevigata
6 sugarberry
Celtis tenuifolia
6 Georgia hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis 6 buttonbush
Cercis canadensis
6 redbud
Chamaecyparis thyoides 6 Atlantic whitecedar
Chionanthus virginicus
6 fringetree
Cliftonia monophylla
6 buckwheat tree
Cornus florida
6 flowering dogwood
Cornus foemina
6 stiff dogwood
Cornus stricta
6 swamp dogwood
Crataegus aestivalis
6 mayhaw
Cyrilla parvifolia
6 littleleaf titi
Cyrilla racemiflora
6 swamp titi
Diospyros virginiana
6 persimmon
Elliottia racemosa
6 Georgia plume
Forestiera acuminata
6 swamp-privet
scientific name
zone common name
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus profunda
Gleditsia aquatica
Gordonia lasianthus
6
6
6
6
6
Carolina ash
green ash
pumpkin ash
water locust
loblolly bay
Halesia carolina
Halesia diptera
Hamamelis virginiana
6 little silverbell
6 two-wing silverbell
6 American
witch-hazel
Ilex ambigua
Ilex amelanchier
Ilex cassine
Ilex coriacea
Ilex decidua
Ilex myrtifolia
Ilex opaca
Ilex vomitoria
Illicium floridanum
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Juniperus virginiana
6 Eastern redcedar
Leitneria floridana
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
Lyonia ferruginea
6
6
6
6
Magnolia cordata
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia pyramidata
Magnolia virginiana
Malus angustifolia
Morus rubra
Myrica cerifera
Myrica heterophylla
Myrica inodora
6 Piedmont
cucumber-tree
6 Southern magnolia
6 pyramid magnolia
6 sweetbay
6 Southern crabapple
6 red mulberry
6 wax-myrtle
6 evergreen bayberry
6 odorless bayberry
Nyssa aquatica
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa ogeche
Nyssa sylvatica
6
6
6
6
Carolina holly
sarvis holly
dahoon
large gallberry
possumhaw
myrtle dahoon
American holly
yaupon
Florida anisetree
corkwood
sweetgum
yellow-poplar
staggerbush
water tupelo
swamp tupelo
Ogeeche-lime
blackgum
13
Table 6: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 6.
scientific name
zone common name
Osmanthus americanus
6 devilwood
Persea borbonia
Persea palustris
Pinckneya bracteata
Pinus echinata
Pinus elliottii
Pinus glabra
Pinus palustris
Pinus serotina
Pinus taeda
Planera aquatica
Platanus occidentalis
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Populus deltoides
6
Prunus alabamensis
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus caroliniana
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Quercus alba
Quercus arkansana
Quercus austrina
Quercus breviloba
Quercus falcata
Quercus geminata
Quercus hemisphaerica
Quercus incana
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus lyrata
Quercus margaretta
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Quercus minima
Quercus myrtifolia
Quercus nigra
Quercus pagoda
6
6
6
6
red-bay
swamp-bay
fevertree
shortleaf pine
slash pine
spruce pine
longleaf pine
pond pine
loblolly pine
planertree
American
sycamore
Eastern
cottonwood
Alabama cherry
American plum
Chickasaw plum
laurelcherry
black cherry
flatwoods plum
hoptree
white oak
Arkansas oak
bluff oak
Gulf oak
Southern red oak
sand live oak
laurel oak
bluejack oak
turkey oak
swamp laurel oak
overcup oak
sand post oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut
oak
dwarf live oak
myrtle oak
water oak
cherrybark oak
scientific name
Quercus shumardii
Quercus similis
Quercus sinuata
(continued)
zone common name
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
Quercus virginiana
6 Shumard oak
6 swamp post oak
6 bastard (Durand)
oak
6 post oak
6 black oak
6 live oak
Rhus copallinum
6 winged sumac
Salix caroliniana
6 Coastal Plain
willow
Salix floridana
6 Florida willow
Salix nigra
6 black willow
Sambucus canadensis
6 American elder
Sambucus simpsonii
6 Southern elder
Sassafras albidum
6 sassafras
Serenoa repens
6 saw palmetto
Sideroxylon lanuginosa
6 gum bumelia
Stewartia malacodendron 6 silky camellia
Styrax americanus
6 American snowbell
Styrax grandifolius
6 bigleaf snowbell
Symplocos tinctoria
6 sweetleaf
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum
Tilia caroliniana
Tilia heterophylla
Torreya taxifolia
Toxicodendron vernix
6
6
6
6
6
6
Ulmus americana
6 American elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum nudum
Viburnum rufidulum
6 farkleberry
6 Southern
possumhaw
6 small-leaf
arrowwood
6 rusty blackhaw
Yucca aloifolia
6 Spanish-bayonet
Viburnum obovatum
pond-cypress
bald-cypress
Carolina basswood
white basswood
torreya
poison sumac
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis 6 Hercules’ club
14
Table 7: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 7. (116 species)
scientific name
Acacia farnesiana
Acer rubrum
Aesculus pavia
Alnus serrulata
Aralia spinosa
zone common name
7
7
7
7
7
Asimina parviflora
sweet acacia
red maple
red buckeye
hazel alder
devil’s
walkingstick
7 dwarf pawpaw
Baccharis halimifolia
Betula nigra
7 Eastern baccharis
7 river birch
Carpinus caroliniana
7 American
hornbeam
Carya aquatica
7 water hickory
Carya glabra
7 pignut hickory
Carya tomentosa
7 mockernut
hickory
Castanea pumila
7 chinquapin
Celtis laevigata
7 sugarberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis 7 buttonbush
Chamaecyparis thyoides 7 Atlantic whitecedar
Chionanthus virginicus
7 fringetree
Cliftonia monophylla
7 buckwheat tree
Cornus florida
7 flowering
dogwood
Cornus foemina
7 stiff dogwood
Cornus stricta
7 swamp dogwood
Crataegus aestivalis
7 mayhaw
Cyrilla parvifolia
7 littleleaf titi
Cyrilla racemiflora
7 swamp titi
Diospyros virginiana
scientific name
zone common name
Halesia diptera
Hamamelis virginiana
7 two-wing silverbell
7 American
witch-hazel
Ilex ambigua
Ilex amelanchier
Ilex cassine
Ilex coriacea
Ilex decidua
Ilex myrtifolia
Ilex opaca
Ilex vomitoria
Illicium parviflorum
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Juniperus silicicola
Juniperus virginiana
7 Southern redcedar
7 Eastern redcedar
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
Lyonia ferruginea
7 sweetgum
7 yellow-poplar
7 staggerbush
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia virginiana
Morus rubra
Myrica cerifera
Myrica heterophylla
7
7
7
7
7
Southern magnolia
sweetbay
red mulberry
wax-myrtle
evergreen bayberry
Nyssa aquatica
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa ogeche
Nyssa sylvatica
7
7
7
7
water tupelo
swamp tupelo
Ogeeche-lime
blackgum
Osmanthus americanus
7 devilwood
Persea borbonia
Persea palustris
Pinckneya bracteata
Pinus elliottii
Pinus glabra
Pinus palustris
Pinus serotina
Pinus taeda
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Carolina holly
sarvis holly
dahoon
large gallberry
possumhaw
myrtle dahoon
American holly
yaupon
yellow anisetree
7 persimmon
Forestiera acuminata
Forestiera segregata
Franklinia alatamaha
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus profunda
7
7
7
7
7
7
swamp-privet
Florida-privet
Franklin tree
Carolina ash
green ash
pumpkin ash
Gleditsia aquatica
Gordonia lasianthus
7 water locust
7 loblolly bay
red-bay
swamp-bay
fevertree
slash pine
spruce pine
longleaf pine
pond pine
loblolly pine
15
Table 7: Native Trees of Georgia in Coder Planting Zone 7.
scientific name
Planera aquatica
Platanus occidentalis
zone common name
Populus heterophylla
Prunus alabamensis
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus caroliniana
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
7 planertree
7 American
sycamore
7 swamp cottonwood
7 Alabama cherry
7 Chickasaw plum
7 laurelcherry
7 black cherry
7 flatwoods plum
7 hoptree
Quercus alba
Quercus austrina
Quercus chapmanii
Quercus falcata
Quercus geminata
Quercus hemisphaerica
Quercus incana
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus lyrata
Quercus margaretta
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Quercus minima
Quercus myrtifolia
Quercus nigra
Quercus pagoda
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus virginiana
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
white oak
bluff oak
Chapman oak
Southern red oak
sand live oak
laurel oak
bluejack oak
turkey oak
swamp laurel oak
overcup oak
sand post oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut
oak
dwarf live oak
myrtle oak
water oak
cherrybark oak
Shumard’s oak
post oak
live oak
scientific name
Rhus copallinum
(continued)
zone common name
7 winged sumac
Sabal palmetto
Salix caroliniana
7 cabbage palmetto
7 Coastal Plain
willow
Sambucus canadensis
7 American elder
Sambucus simpsonii
7 Southern elder
Sapindus marginatus
7 Florida soapberry
Sassafras albidum
7 sassafras
Serenoa repens
7 saw palmetto
Sideroxylon tenax
7 tough bumelia
Stewartia malacodendron 7 silky camellia
Styrax americanus
7 American snowbell
Symplocos tinctoria
7 sweetleaf
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum
Tilia caroliniana
Tilia heterophylla
7
7
7
7
pond-cypress
bald-cypress
Carolina basswood
white basswood
Ulmus americana
7 American elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum obovatum
7 farkleberry
7 small-leaf
arrowwood
Yucca aloifolia
Yucca gloriosa
7 Spanish-bayonet
7 moundlilly yucca
16
Table 8: List of native Georgia trees found statewide
in all Coder tree planting zones (i.e. zones 1-7).
(35 species)
scientific name
common name
scientific name
common name
Acer rubrum
Alnus serrulata
Aralia spinosa
red maple
hazel alder
devil’s walkingstick
Morus rubra
red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
blackgum
Betula nigra
river birch
Carpinus caroliniana
Carya glabra
Carya tomentosa
Castanea pumila
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Chionanthus virginicus
Cornus florida
American hornbeam
pignut hickory
mockernut hickory
chinquapin
buttonbush
fringetree
flowering dogwood
Pinus taeda
Platanus occidentalis
Prunus serotina
loblolly pine
American sycamore
black cherry
Quercus alba
Quercus falcata
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
Quercus nigra
Quercus stellata
white oak
Southern red oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut oak
water oak
post oak
Diospyros virginiana
persimmon
Rhus copallinum
winged sumac
American elder
sassafras
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
green ash
Hamamelis virginiana
American witch-hazel
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Ilex opaca
American holly
Tilia heterophylla
white basswood
Juniperus virginiana
Eastern redcedar
Ulmus americana
American elm
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
sweetgum
yellow-poplar
Vaccinium arboreum
farkleberry
17