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Dendrology Series WSFNR10-20 July 2010 Native Trees of Georgia by Hardiness 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 coldest Winter conditions normally expected . This value of surviving a given cold temperature is summarized as cold hardiness. The cold hardiness zone map for Georgia is given in Figure 1. Most trees can survive and thrive for many years beyond their native range, especially in high quality or protected areas. Young trees are much more tolerant of environmental constraints than are older trees. There is much confusion surrounding cold hardiness zone inflation/deflation propagated through simple single tree demonstrations and pushing tree survival to the limits. 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 = cold hardiness zone 6b -- 117 species; Table 2 = cold hardiness zone 7a -- 122 species; Table 3 = cold hardiness zone 7b -- 119 species; Table 4 = cold hardiness zone 8a -- 147 species; Table 5 = cold hardiness zone 8b -- 140 species; Table 6 = trees growing in all cold hardiness zones in Georgia -- 41 species (6b to 8b -- a statewide distribution). 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AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INSTITUTION. Figure 1: Tree Cold Hardiness Zones of Georgia. (derived from Cathey, H.M. 2001. USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Misc. Pub. #1475, USDA-ARS-National Arboretum, Washington D.C.) 6b 7a Hardiness Zones zone number 7a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 7b 7b average annual minimum temperature oF -5 0 5 10 15 8a 8a 8b 8b Dr. Kim D. Coder, 2010 2 Table 1: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 6b. (117 spp.) scientific name zone common name scientific name Abies fraseri Acer negundo Acer nigrum Acer pensylvanicum Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Acer saccharum Acer spicatum Aesculus flava Aesculus glabra Alnus serrulata Amelanchier arborea Aralia spinosa 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b Cladrastis kentukea Clethra acuminata 6b 6b Cornus alternifolia 6b Cornus florida 6b Cotinus obovatus Crataegus flabellata 6b 6b Diospyros virginiana 6b persimmon Euonymus atropurpureus 6b burningbush Asimina triloba 6b Fraser fir boxelder black maple striped maple red maple silver maple sugar maple mountain maple yellow buckeye Ohio buckeye hazel alder serviceberry devil’s walkingstick pawpaw Fagus grandifolia Fraxinus americana Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus quadrangulata 6b 6b 6b 6b American beech white ash green ash blue ash Gleditsia triacanthos 6b honeylocust Halesia carolina Halesia tetraptera 6b 6b Hamamelis virginiana 6b little silverbell mountain silverbell American witch-hazel Ilex montana Ilex opaca Ilex verticillata 6b 6b 6b mountain holly American holly winterberry Juglans cinerea Juglans nigra Juniperus virginiana 6b 6b 6b butternut black walnut Eastern redcedar Kalmia latifolia 6b mountain-laurel Liriodendron tulipifera 6b yellow-poplar Magnolia acuminata 6b mountain cucumber-tree Betula alleghaniensis Betula lenta Betula nigra 6b 6b 6b yellow birch sweet birch river birch Carpinus caroliniana 6b Carya australis 6b Carya cordiformis Carya glabra Carya laciniosa 6b 6b 6b Carya ovalis Carya ovata 6b 6b Carya pallida Carya tomentosa 6b 6b Castanea dentata 6b Castanea pumila Celtis occidentalis Cephalanthus occidentalis Cercis canadensis Chionanthus virginicus 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b American hornbeam Southern shagbark hickory bitternut hickory pignut hickory shellbark hickory red hickory shagbark hickory sand hickory mockernut hickory American chestnut chinquapin hackberry buttonbush redbud fringetree zone common name yellowwood sweet pepperbush alternate-leaf dogwood flowering dogwood smoketree fanleaf hawthorn 3 Table 1: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 6b. scientific name zone common name scientific name Magnolia fraseri 6b Quercus velutina Magnolia tripetala Malus coronaria Morus rubra 6b 6b 6b mountain magnolia umbrella-tree sweet crabapple red mulberry Nyssa sylvatica 6b blackgum Ostrya virginiana 6b Oxydendrum arboreum 6b Eastern hophornbeam sourwood Pinus echinata Pinus pungens 6b 6b Pinus rigida Pinus strobus 6b 6b Pinus taeda Pinus virginiana Platanus occidentalis 6b 6b 6b Prunus americana Prunus angustifolia Prunus pensylvanica Prunus serotina 6b 6b 6b 6b Quercus alba Quercus coccinea Quercus falcata 6b 6b 6b Quercus imbricaria Quercus marilandica Quercus montana Quercus muehlenbergii Quercus nigra Quercus palustris Quercus prinoides 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b Quercus rubra 6b Quercus stellata 6b shortleaf pine Table Mountain pine pitch pine Eastern white pine loblolly pine Virginia pine American sycamore American plum Chickasaw plum fire cherry black cherry white oak scarlet oak Southern red oak shingle oak blackjack oak chestnut oak chinquapin oak water oak pin oak dwarf chinquapin oak Northern red oak post oak zone 6b (continued) common name black oak Rhododendron catawbiense 6b Rhododendron maximum 6b Rhus copallinum 6b Rhus glabra 6b Rhus typhina 6b Robinia hispida 6b Robinia pseudoacacia 6b Robinia viscosa 6b purple-laurel rosebay-laurel winged sumac smooth sumac staghorn sumac pink locust black locust clammy locust Salix nigra Salix sericea Sambucus canadensis Sassafras albidum Sorbus americana 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b Stewartia ovata 6b Symplocos tinctoria 6b black willow silky willow American elder sassafras American mountain-ash mountain camellia sweetleaf Tilia americana 6b Tilia heterophylla Toxicodendron vernix Tsuga canadensis Tsuga caroliniana 6b 6b 6b 6b Ulmus alata Ulmus americana Ulmus rubra 6b 6b 6b winged elm American elm slippery elm Vaccinium arboreum Viburnum cassinoides 6b 6b Viburnum lentago Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum rufidulum 6b 6b 6b farkleberry Northern possumhaw nannyberry blackhaw rusty blackhaw Zanthoxylum americanum 6b American basswood white basswood poison sumac Eastern hemlock Carolina hemlock prickly-ash 4 Table 2: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 7a. (122 spp.) scientific name zone common name scientific name Acer barbatum 7a Acer leucoderme Acer negundo Acer nigrum Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Acer saccharum Aesculus flava Aesculus glabra Aesculus sylvatica Alnus serrulata Amelanchier arborea Aralia spinosa 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a Chionanthus virginicus Cladrastis kentukea Cornus alternifolia 7a 7a 7a Cornus florida 7a Cornus stricta 7a Cotinus obovatus Crataegus flabellata 7a 7a Diospyros virginiana 7a persimmon Fagus grandifolia Fraxinus americana Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus quadrangulata 7a 7a 7a 7a American beech white ash green ash blue ash Gleditsia triacanthos 7a honeylocust Halesia carolina Halesia tetraptera 7a 7a Hamamelis virginiana 7a little silverbell mountain silverbell American witch-hazel Ilex longipes Ilex montana Ilex opaca Ilex verticillata 7a 7a 7a 7a Georgia holly mountain holly American holly winterberry Juglans cinerea Juglans nigra Juniperus communis Juniperus virginiana 7a 7a 7a 7a butternut black walnut common juniper Eastern redcedar Kalmia latifolia 7a mountain-laurel Liquidambar styraciflua Liriodendron tulipifera Magnolia acuminata 7a 7a 7a sweetgum yellow-poplar mountain cucumber-tree Asimina triloba 7a Southern sugar maple chalk maple boxelder black maple red maple silver maple sugar maple yellow buckeye Ohio buckeye Georgia buckeye hazel alder serviceberry devil’s walkingstick pawpaw Betula alleghaniensis Betula lenta Betula nigra 7a 7a 7a yellow birch sweet birch river birch Carpinus caroliniana 7a Carya australis 7a American hornbeam Southern shagbark hickory bitternut hickory pignut hickory shellbark hickory red hickory shagbark hickory sand hickory mockernut hickory American chestnut chinquapin sugarberry hackberry buttonbush redbud Carya cordiformis Carya glabra Carya laciniosa 7a 7a 7a Carya ovalis Carya ovata 7a 7a Carya pallida Carya tomentosa 7a 7a Castanea dentata 7a Castanea pumila Celtis laevigata Celtis occidentalis Cephalanthus occidentalis Cercis canadensis 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a zone common name fringetree yellowwood alternate-leaf dogwood flowering dogwood swamp dogwood smoketree fanleaf hawthorn 5 Table 2: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 7a. scientific name zone common name scientific name Magnolia fraseri 7a Magnolia tripetala Malus angustifolia 7a 7a Quercus shumardii Quercus stellata Quercus velutina Malus coronaria Morus rubra 7a 7a mountain magnolia umbrella-tree Southern crabapple sweet crabapple red mulberry Nyssa sylvatica 7a blackgum Ostrya virginiana 7a Oxydendrum arboreum 7a Eastern hophornbeam sourwood Pinus echinata Pinus rigida Pinus strobus 7a 7a 7a Pinus taeda Pinus virginiana Platanus occidentalis 7a 7a 7a Prunus americana Prunus angustifolia Prunus serotina Ptelea trifoliata 7a 7a 7a 7a Quercus alba Quercus coccinea Quercus falcata 7a 7a 7a Quercus imbricaria Quercus marilandica Quercus michauxii 7a 7a 7a Quercus montana Quercus muehlenbergii Quercus nigra Quercus palustris Quercus phellos Quercus prinoides 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a Quercus rubra 7a shortleaf pine pitch pine Eastern white pine loblolly pine Virginia pine American sycamore American plum Chickasaw plum black cherry hoptree 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 zone 7a 7a 7a (continued) common name Shumard oak post oak black oak Rhamnus caroliniana 7a Rhododendron catawbiense 7a Rhododendron maximum 7a Rhus copallinum 7a Rhus glabra 7a Robinia hispida 7a Robinia pseudoacacia 7a buckthorn purple-laurel rosebay-laurel winged sumac smooth sumac pink locust black locust Salix nigra Sambucus canadensis Sassafras albidum Sideroxylon lycioides 7a 7a 7a 7a Staphylea trifolia Stewartia ovata 7a 7a Styrax americanus 7a Symplocos tinctoria 7a black willow American elder sassafras buckthorn bumelia bladdernut mountain camellia American snowbell sweetleaf Tilia americana 7a Tilia heterophylla Toxicodendron vernix Tsuga canadensis 7a 7a 7a American basswood white basswood poison sumac Eastern hemlock Ulmus alata Ulmus americana Ulmus rubra 7a 7a 7a winged elm American elm slippery elm Vaccinium arboreum Viburnum cassinoides 7a 7a Viburnum nudum 7a Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum rufidulum 7a 7a farkleberry Northern possumhaw Southern possumhaw blackhaw rusty blackhaw Zanthoxylum americanum 7a prickly-ash 6 Table 3: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 7b. (119 spp.) scientific name zone common name scientific name Acer barbatum 7b Cornus alternifolia 7b Acer leucoderme Acer negundo Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Aesculus parviflora 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b Cornus florida 7b Cornus foemina Cornus stricta 7b 7b Aesculus sylvatica Alnus serrulata Amelanchier arborea Aralia spinosa 7b 7b 7b 7b Diospyros virginiana 7b persimmon Fagus grandifolia Fraxinus americana Fraxinus pennsylvanica 7b 7b 7b American beech white ash green ash Asimina parviflora Asimina triloba 7b 7b Southern sugar maple chalk maple boxelder red maple silver maple bottlebrush buckeye Georgia buckeye hazel alder serviceberry devil’s walkingstick dwarf pawpaw pawpaw Halesia carolina Halesia tetraptera 7b 7b Betula nigra 7b river birch Hamamelis virginiana 7b little silverbell mountain silverbell American witch-hazel Ilex decidua Ilex longipes Ilex montana Ilex opaca Ilex verticillata 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b possumhaw Georgia holly mountain holly American holly winterberry Juglans nigra Juniperus communis Juniperus virginiana 7b 7b 7b black walnut common juniper Eastern redcedar Kalmia latifolia 7b mountain-laurel Liquidambar styraciflua Liriodendron tulipifera 7b 7b sweetgum yellow-poplar Magnolia acuminata 7b Magnolia cordata 7b Magnolia macrophylla Magnolia tripetala Magnolia virginiana 7b 7b 7b mountain cucumber-tree Piedmont cucumber-tree bigleaf magnolia umbrella-tree sweetbay Carpinus caroliniana 7b Carya australis 7b Carya cordiformis Carya glabra Carya myristiciformis Carya ovalis Carya ovata 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b Carya pallida Carya tomentosa 7b 7b Castanea dentata 7b Castanea pumila Catalpa bignonioides Celtis laevigata Celtis tenuifolia 7b 7b 7b 7b Cephalanthus occidentalis 7b Cercis canadensis 7b Chionanthus virginicus 7b American hornbeam Southern shagbark hickory bitternut hickory pignut hickory nutmeg hickory red hickory shagbark hickory sand hickory mockernut hickory American chestnut chinquapin Southern catalpa sugarberry Georgia hackberry buttonbush redbud fringetree zone common name alternate-leaf dogwood flowering dogwood stiff dogwood swamp dogwood 7 Table 3: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 7b. scientific name zone common name scientific name zone Quercus rubra 7b Quercus shumardii Quercus stellata Quercus velutina 7b 7b 7b Northern red oak Shumard oak post oak black oak Rhamnus caroliniana Rhus copallinum Rhus glabra Robinia hispida Robinia pseudoacacia 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b buckthorn winged sumac smooth sumac pink locust black locust Salix nigra Sambucus canadensis Sassafras albidum Sideroxylon lycioides 7b 7b 7b 7b Staphylea trifolia Styrax americanus 7b 7b Symplocos tinctoria 7b black willow American elder sassafras buckthorn bumelia bladdernut American snowbell sweetleaf Tilia americana 7b Tilia caroliniana 7b Tilia heterophylla Toxicodendron vernix 7b 7b American basswood Carolina basswood white basswood poison sumac Ulmus alata Ulmus americana Ulmus rubra Ulmus serotina 7b 7b 7b 7b winged elm American elm slippery elm September elm Vaccinium arboreum Viburnum cassinoides 7b 7b Viburnum nudum 7b Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum rufidulum 7b 7b farkleberry Northern possumhaw Southern possumhaw blackhaw rusty blackhaw Malus angustifolia 7b Morus rubra 7b Southern crabapple red mulberry Nyssa sylvatica 7b blackgum Ostrya virginiana 7b Oxydendrum arboreum 7b Eastern hophornbeam sourwood Pinus echinata Pinus palustris Pinus serotina Pinus taeda Platanus occidentalis 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b Populus deltoides 7b Prunus americana Prunus angustifolia Prunus mexicana Prunus serotina Prunus umbellata Ptelea trifoliata 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b Quercus alba Quercus coccinea Quercus falcata 7b 7b 7b Quercus georgiana Quercus laevis Quercus lyrata Quercus margaretta Quercus marilandica Quercus michauxii 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b Quercus montana Quercus muehlenbergii Quercus nigra Quercus oglethorpensis Quercus phellos Quercus prinoides 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b 7b (continued) shortleaf pine longleaf pine pond pine loblolly pine American sycamore Eastern cottonwood American plum Chickasaw plum Mexican plum black cherry flatwoods plum hoptree white oak scarlet oak Southern red oak Georgia oak turkey oak overcup oak sand post oak blackjack oak swamp chestnut oak chestnut oak chinquapin oak water oak Oglethorpe oak willow oak dwarf chinquapin oak Zanthoxylum americanum 7b common name prickly-ash 8 Table 4: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 8a. (147 spp.) scientific name zone common name scientific name Acer barbatum 8a Acer leucoderme Acer negundo Acer rubrum Aesculus parviflora 8a 8a 8a 8a Crataegus aestivalis Cyrilla parvifolia Cyrilla racemiflora 8a 8a 8a mayhaw littleleaf titi swamp titi Diospyros virginiana 8a persimmon Elliottia racemosa 8a Georgia plume Aesculus pavia Alnus serrulata Amelanchier arborea Aralia spinosa 8a 8a 8a 8a Asimina parviflora 8a Southern sugar maple chalk maple boxelder red maple bottlebrush buckeye red buckeye hazel alder serviceberry devil’s walkingstick dwarf pawpaw Fagus grandifolia Forestiera acuminata Fraxinus americana Fraxinus caroliniana Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus profunda 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a American beech swamp-privet white ash Carolina ash green ash pumpkin ash Baccharis halimifolia 8a Gleditsia aquatica Gordonia lasianthus 8a 8a water locust loblolly bay Halesia carolina Halesia diptera 8a 8a Hamamelis virginiana 8a little silverbell two-wing silverbell American witch-hazel Ilex ambigua Ilex amelanchier Ilex coriacea Ilex decidua Ilex longipes Ilex myrtifolia Ilex opaca Ilex vomitoria Illicium floridanum 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a Carolina holly sarvis holly large gallberry possumhaw Georgia holly myrtle dahoon American holly yaupon Florida anisetree Juglans nigra Juniperus virginiana 8a 8a black walnut Eastern redcedar Leitneria floridana Liquidambar styraciflua Liriodendron tulipifera Lyonia ferruginea 8a 8a 8a 8a corkwood sweetgum yellow-poplar staggerbush Betula nigra 8a Carpinus caroliniana 8a Carya aquatica Carya cordiformis Carya glabra Carya myristiciformis Carya ovalis Carya tomentosa 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a Castanea pumila Catalpa bignonioides Celtis laevigata Celtis tenuifolia 8a 8a 8a 8a Cephalanthus occidentalis 8a Cercis canadensis 8a Chamaecyparis thyoides 8a Chionanthus virginicus Cliftonia monophylla Cornus florida 8a 8a 8a Cornus foemina Cornus stricta 8a 8a Eastern baccharis river birch American hornbeam water hickory bitternut hickory pignut hickory nutmeg hickory red hickory mockernut hickory chinquapin Southern catalpa sugarberry Georgia hackberry buttonbush redbud Atlantic whitecedar fringetree buckwheat tree flowering dogwood stiff dogwood swamp dogwood zone common name 9 Table 4: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 8a. scientific name zone common name scientific name Magnolia cordata 8a Magnolia grandiflora 8a Magnolia macrophylla Magnolia pyramidata 8a 8a Magnolia virginiana Malus angustifolia 8a 8a Morus rubra Myrica cerifera Myrica heterophylla 8a 8a 8a Piedmont cucumber-tree Southern magnolia bigleaf magnolia pyramid magnolia sweetbay Southern crabapple red mulberry wax-myrtle evergreen bayberry Nyssa aquatica Nyssa biflora Nyssa ogeche Nyssa sylvatica 8a 8a 8a 8a water tupelo swamp tupelo Ogeeche-lime blackgum Osmanthus americanus Ostrya virginiana 8a 8a devilwood Eastern hophornbeam sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum 8a Persea borbonia Persea palustris Pinckneya bracteata Pinus echinata Pinus elliottii Pinus glabra Pinus palustris Pinus serotina Pinus taeda Planera aquatica Platanus occidentalis 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a Populus deltoides 8a Prunus alabamensis Prunus americana Prunus angustifolia 8a 8a 8a 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 (continued) zone common name Prunus caroliniana Prunus mexicana Prunus serotina Prunus umbellata Ptelea trifoliata 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a laurelcherry Mexican plum black cherry flatwoods plum hoptree Quercus alba Quercus arkansana Quercus austrina Quercus falcata 8a 8a 8a 8a Quercus geminata Quercus hemisphaerica Quercus incana Quercus laevis Quercus laurifolia 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a Quercus lyrata Quercus margaretta Quercus marilandica Quercus michauxii 8a 8a 8a 8a Quercus minima Quercus muehlenbergii Quercus nigra Quercus pagoda Quercus rubra 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a Quercus shumardii Quercus sinuata 8a 8a Quercus stellata Quercus velutina Quercus virginiana 8a 8a 8a white oak Arkansas oak bluff 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 chinquapin oak water oak cherrybark oak Northern red oak Shumard oak bastard (Durand) oak post oak black oak live oak Rhus copallinum Rhus glabra 8a 8a winged sumac smooth sumac Salix caroliniana 8a Salix floridana Salix nigra 8a 8a Coastal Plain willow Florida willow black willow 10 Table 4: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 8a. scientific name Sambucus canadensis Sambucus simpsonii Sassafras albidum Sideroxylon lanuginosa Sideroxylon lycioides zone common name scientific name 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a American elder Southern elder sassafras gum bumelia buckthorn bumelia silky camellia American snowbell bigleaf snowbell sweetleaf Stewartia malacodendron Styrax americanus 8a 8a Styrax grandifolius Symplocos tinctoria 8a 8a Taxodium ascendens Taxodium distichum Tilia americana 8a 8a 8a pond-cypress bald-cypress American basswood (continued) zone common name Tilia caroliniana 8a Tilia heterophylla Toxicodendron vernix 8a 8a Carolina basswood white basswood poison sumac Ulmus alata Ulmus americana 8a 8a winged elm American elm Vaccinium arboreum Viburnum nudum 8a 8a Viburnum obovatum 8a Viburnum rufidulum 8a farkleberry Southern possumhaw small-leaf arrowwood rusty blackhaw 11 Table 5: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 8b. (140 spp.) scientific name zone common name scientific name zone Acacia farnesiana Acer barbatum 8b 8b Acer rubrum Aesculus pavia Alnus serrulata Aralia spinosa 8b 8b 8b 8b sweet acacia Southern sugar maple red maple red buckeye hazel alder devil’s walkingstick dwarf pawpaw Forestiera acuminata Forestiera segregata Franklinia alatamaha Fraxinus caroliniana Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus profunda 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b swamp-privet Florida-privet Franklin tree Carolina ash green ash pumpkin ash Gleditsia aquatica Gordonia lasianthus 8b 8b water locust loblolly bay Eastern baccharis river birch Halesia carolina Halesia diptera 8b 8b Hamamelis virginiana 8b little silverbell two-wing silverbell American witch-hazel Ilex ambigua Ilex amelanchier Ilex cassine Ilex coriacea Ilex decidua Ilex myrtifolia Ilex opaca Ilex vomitoria Illicium floridanum Illicium parviflorum 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b Carolina holly sarvis holly dahoon large gallberry possumhaw myrtle dahoon American holly yaupon Florida anisetree yellow anisetree Juniperus silicicola 8b Juniperus virginiana 8b Southern redcedar Eastern redcedar Leitneria floridana Liquidambar styraciflua Liriodendron tulipifera Lyonia ferruginea 8b 8b 8b 8b corkwood sweetgum yellow-poplar staggerbush Magnolia grandiflora 8b Southern magnolia pyramid magnolia sweetbay red mulberry Asimina parviflora 8b Baccharis halimifolia 8b Betula nigra 8b Carpinus caroliniana 8b Carya aquatica Carya glabra Carya ovalis Carya tomentosa 8b 8b 8b 8b Castanea pumila Catalpa bignonioides Celtis laevigata Cephalanthus occidentalis Chamaecyparis thyoides 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b Chionanthus virginicus Cliftonia monophylla Cornus florida 8b 8b 8b Cornus foemina Cornus stricta 8b 8b Crataegus aestivalis Cyrilla parvifolia Cyrilla racemiflora 8b 8b 8b American hornbeam water hickory pignut hickory red hickory mockernut hickory chinquapin Southern catalpa sugarberry buttonbush Atlantic whitecedar fringetree buckwheat tree flowering dogwood stiff dogwood swamp dogwood mayhaw littleleaf titi swamp titi Diospyros virginiana 8b persimmon Magnolia pyramidata 8b Elliottia racemosa 8b Georgia plume Magnolia virginiana Morus rubra 8b 8b common name 12 Table 5: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 8b. scientific name zone Myrica cerifera Myrica heterophylla 8b 8b Myrica inodora 8b Nyssa aquatica Nyssa biflora Nyssa ogeche Nyssa sylvatica 8b 8b 8b 8b common name scientific name wax-myrtle evergreen bayberry odorless bayberry water tupelo swamp tupelo Ogeeche-lime blackgum Osmanthus americanus 8b devilwood Persea borbonia Persea palustris Pinckneya bracteata Pinus echinata Pinus elliottii Pinus glabra Pinus palustris Pinus serotina Pinus taeda Planera aquatica Platanus occidentalis 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b Populus heterophylla 8b Prunus alabamensis Prunus angustifolia Prunus caroliniana Prunus serotina Prunus umbellata Ptelea trifoliata 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b red-bay swamp-bay fevertree shortleaf pine slash pine spruce pine longleaf pine pond pine loblolly pine planertree American sycamore swamp cottonwood Alabama cherry Chickasaw plum laurelcherry black cherry flatwoods plum hoptree Quercus alba Quercus arkansana Quercus austrina Quercus breviloba Quercus chapmanii Quercus falcata 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b Quercus geminata 8b white oak Arkansas oak bluff oak Gulf oak Chapman oak Southern red oak sand live oak (continued) zone common name Quercus hemisphaerica Quercus incana Quercus laevis Quercus laurifolia 8b 8b 8b 8b Quercus lyrata Quercus margaretta Quercus marilandica Quercus michauxii 8b 8b 8b 8b Quercus minima Quercus myrtifolia Quercus nigra Quercus pagoda Quercus shumardii Quercus similis Quercus sinuata 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b Quercus stellata Quercus virginiana 8b 8b 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 swamp post oak bastard (Durand) oak post oak live oak Rhus copallinum 8b winged sumac Sabal palmetto 8b Salix caroliniana 8b Salix floridana Salix nigra Sambucus canadensis Sambucus simpsonii Sapindus marginatus 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b Sassafras albidum Serenoa repens Sideroxylon lanuginosa Sideroxylon tenax Stewartia malacodendron Styrax americanus 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b 8b Styrax grandifolius Symplocos tinctoria 8b 8b cabbage palmetto Coastal Plain willow Florida willow black willow American elder Southern elder Florida soapberry sassafras saw palmetto gum bumelia tough bumelia silky camellia American snowbell bigleaf snowbell sweetleaf 13 Table 5: Native Trees of Georgia in Hardiness Zone 8b. scientific name zone common name scientific name Taxodium ascendens Taxodium distichum Tilia caroliniana 8b 8b 8b Tilia heterophylla Torreya taxifolia Toxicodendron vernix 8b 8b 8b pond-cypress bald-cypress Carolina basswood white basswood torreya poison sumac Ulmus americana 8b American elm Vaccinium arboreum 8b farkleberry (continued) zone common name Viburnum nudum 8b Viburnum obovatum 8b Viburnum rufidulum 8b Southern possumhaw small-leaf arrowwood rusty blackhaw Yucca aloifolia Yucca gloriosa 8b 8b Spanish-bayonet moundlilly yucca Zanthoxylum clava-herculis 8b Hercules’ club 14 Table 6: List of native Georgia trees found statewide in all hardiness zones (i.e. zones 6b - 8b). (41 spp.) scientific name common name scientific name common name Acer rubrum Alnus serrulata Aralia spinosa red maple hazel alder devil’s walkingstick Nyssa sylvatica blackgum Betula nigra river birch Carpinus caroliniana Carya glabra Carya ovalis Carya tomentosa Castanea pumila Cephalanthus occidentalis Chionanthus virginicus Cornus florida American hornbeam pignut hickory red hickory mockernut hickory chinquapin buttonbush fringetree flowering dogwood Pinus echinata Pinus taeda Platanus occidentalis Prunus angustifolia Prunus serotina shortleaf pine loblolly pine American sycamore Chickasaw plum black cherry Quercus alba Quercus falcata Quercus marilandica Quercus nigra Quercus stellata white oak Southern red oak blackjack oak water oak post oak Rhus copallinum winged sumac Diospyros virginiana persimmon Fraxinus pennsylvanica green ash Halesia carolina Hamamelis virginiana little silverbell American witch-hazel Salix nigra Sambucus canadensis Sassafras albidum Symplocos tinctoria black willow American elder sassafras sweetleaf Ilex opaca American holly Tilia heterophylla Toxicodendron vernix white basswood poison sumac Juniperus virginiana Eastern redcedar Ulmus americana American elm Liriodendron tulipifera yellow-poplar Vaccinium arboreum Viburnum rufidulum farkleberry rusty blackhaw Morus rubra red mulberry 15
