Dendrology Series
WSFNR10-22
July 2010
Native Trees of Georgia
by Heat 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 normal Summer heat. This value of surviving under day and night heat loads is summarized as heat tolerance, and illustrated as heat zones. The heat zone map for Georgia is given in Figure
1. Note the coastal area of Georgia is listed as zone 8, as well as areas of the Piedmont and upper
Coastal Plain, with zone 8 separated by zone 9. Clearly there will be differences in species success
between these two zone 8 areas. Zone 10 represents the swamp area of Southeast Georgia. Zone 4
represents the high mountain areas of Northeast Georgia.
Most trees can survive 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.
Beginning tree planting close to a tree’s native range, as shown within the tables of this publication, will
help you design and plant an effective and efficient native landscape.
Table 1 = heat zone 4 -- 110 species; Table 2 = heat zone 5 -- 116 species; Table 3 = heat zone
6 -- 107; Table 4 = heat zone 7 -- 122 species; Table 5 = heat zone 8 -- 172 (113 for coastal areas);
Table 6 = heat zone 9 -- 148 species; Table 7 = heat zone 10 -- 74 species; Table 8 = tree growing in all
heat zones in Georgia (4-10 -- a statewide distribution) -- 28 species.
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Figure 1: Tree Heat Zones of Georgia.
(derived from the Plant Heat-Zone Map of the United
States produced by the American Horticultural Society,
Alexandria, VA. 1997)
5
6
7
4
Heat Zones
7
8
zone
number
average number
of days per year
above 86oF
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14
30
45
60
90
120
150
8
9
9
8
10
Dr. Kim D. Coder, 2010
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Table 1: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 4. (110 species)
scientific name
zone
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
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Asimina triloba
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula lenta
Betula nigra
common name
scientific name
zone
common name
Cotinus obovatus
Crataegus flabellata
4
4
smoketree
fanleaf hawthorn
Diospyros virginiana
4
persimmon
Euonymus atropurpureus
4
burningbush
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
4
4
4
American beech
white ash
green ash
Gleditsia triacanthos
4
honeylocust
4
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
Halesia carolina
Halesia tetraptera
4
4
4
4
4
yellow birch
sweet birch
river birch
Hamamelis virginiana
4
little silverbell
mountain
silverbell
American
witch-hazel
Ilex montana
Ilex opaca
Ilex verticillata
4
4
4
mountain holly
American holly
winterberry
Juglans cinerea
Juglans nigra
Juniperus virginiana
4
4
4
butternut
black walnut
Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
4
mountain-laurel
Liriodendron tulipifera
4
yellow-poplar
Magnolia acuminata
4
Magnolia fraseri
4
Magnolia tripetala
Malus coronaria
Morus rubra
4
4
4
mountain
cucumber-tree
mountain
magnolia
umbrella-tree
sweet crabapple
red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
4
blackgum
Ostrya virginiana
4
Eastern
hophornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
4
Carya cordiformis
Carya glabra
Carya laciniosa
Carya ovata
Carya pallida
Carya tomentosa
4
4
4
4
4
4
Castanea dentata
4
Castanea pumila
Celtis occidentalis
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cercis canadensis
Chionanthus virginicus
Cladrastis kentukea
Clethra acuminata
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Cornus alternifolia
4
Cornus florida
4
American
hornbeam
bitternut hickory
pignut hickory
shellbark hickory
shagbark hickory
sand hickory
mockernut
hickory
American
chestnut
chinquapin
hackberry
buttonbush
redbud
fringetree
yellowwood
sweet
pepperbush
alternate-leaf
dogwood
flowering
dogwood
3
Table 1: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 4.
scientific name
zone
common name
Oxydendrum arboreum
4
sourwood
Pinus echinata
Pinus pungens
4
4
Pinus rigida
Pinus strobus
4
4
Pinus taeda
Pinus virginiana
Platanus occidentalis
4
4
4
Prunus americana
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus serotina
4
4
4
shortleaf pine
Table Mountain
pine
pitch pine
Eastern white
pine
loblolly pine
Virginia pine
American
sycamore
American plum
fire cherry
black cherry
Quercus alba
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus marilandica
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus palustris
Quercus rubra
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
white oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
blackjack oak
chestnut oak
chinquapin oak
water oak
pin oak
Northern red oak
post oak
black oak
Rhododendron catawbiense 4
Rhododendron maximum 4
Rhus copallinum
4
Rhus glabra
4
Rhus typhina
4
Robinia hispida
4
Robinia pseudoacacia
4
Robinia viscosa
4
purple-laurel
rosebay-laurel
winged sumac
smooth sumac
staghorn sumac
pink locust
black locust
clammy locust
scientific name
(continued)
zone
common name
Salix nigra
Salix sericea
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Sorbus americana
4
4
4
4
4
Stewartia ovata
4
Symplocos tinctoria
4
Tilia americana
4
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
Tsuga canadensis
Tsuga caroliniana
4
4
4
4
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
4
4
American elm
slippery elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
4
4
Viburnum lentago
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum rufidulum
4
4
4
farkleberry
Northern
possumhaw
nannyberry
blackhaw
rusty blackhaw
Zanthoxylum americanum 4
black willow
silky willow
American elder
sassafras
American
mountain-ash
mountain
camellia
sweetleaf
American
basswood
white basswood
poison sumac
Eastern hemlock
Carolina
hemlock
prickly-ash
4
Table 2: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 5. (116 species)
scientific name
zone
Acer negundo
Acer nigrum
Acer pensylvanicum
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum
Acer saccharum
Acer spicatum
Aesculus flava
Aesculus glabra
Aesculus sylvatica
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Asimina triloba
common name
scientific name
zone
common name
Cornus alternifolia
5
Cornus florida
5
Cotinus obovatus
Crataegus flabellata
5
5
alternate-leaf
dogwood
flowering
dogwood
smoketree
fanleaf hawthorn
Diospyros virginiana
5
persimmon
Euonymus atropurpureus
5
burningbush
5
boxelder
black maple
striped maple
red maple
silver maple
sugar maple
mountain maple
yellow buckeye
Ohio buckeye
Georgia buckeye
hazel alder
serviceberry
devil’s
walkingstick
pawpaw
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus quadrangulata
5
5
5
5
American beech
white ash
green ash
blue ash
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula lenta
Betula nigra
5
5
5
yellow birch
sweet birch
river birch
Gleditsia triacanthos
5
honeylocust
Halesia carolina
Halesia tetraptera
5
5
Carpinus caroliniana
5
Hamamelis virginiana
5
Carya australis
5
American
hornbeam
Southern
shagbark
hickory
bitternut hickory
pignut hickory
shellbark hickory
shagbark hickory
sand hickory
mockernut
hickory
American
chestnut
chinquapin
hackberry
buttonbush
redbud
fringetree
yellowwood
sweet
pepperbush
little silverbell
mountain
silverbell
American
witch-hazel
Ilex montana
Ilex opaca
Ilex verticillata
5
5
5
mountain holly
American holly
winterberry
Juglans cinerea
Juglans nigra
Juniperus virginiana
5
5
5
butternut
black walnut
Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
5
mountain-laurel
Liriodendron tulipifera
5
yellow-poplar
Magnolia acuminata
5
Magnolia fraseri
5
Magnolia tripetala
Malus coronaria
5
5
mountain
cucumber-tree
mountain
magnolia
umbrella-tree
sweet crabapple
Carya cordiformis
Carya glabra
Carya laciniosa
Carya ovata
Carya pallida
Carya tomentosa
5
5
5
5
5
5
Castanea dentata
5
Castanea pumila
Celtis occidentalis
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cercis canadensis
Chionanthus virginicus
Cladrastis kentukea
Clethra acuminata
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Table 2: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 5.
scientific name
zone
common name
Morus rubra
5
red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
5
blackgum
Ostrya virginiana
5
Oxydendrum arboreum
5
Eastern
hophornbeam
sourwood
Pinus echinata
Pinus pungens
5
5
Pinus rigida
Pinus strobus
5
5
Pinus taeda
Pinus virginiana
Platanus occidentalis
5
5
5
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus serotina
5
5
5
5
Quercus alba
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus marilandica
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus palustris
Quercus phellos
Quercus prinoides
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Quercus rubra
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
5
5
5
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
willow oak
dwarf
chinquapin oak
Northern red oak
post oak
black oak
scientific name
(continued)
zone
common name
Rhododendron catawbiense 5
Rhododendron maximum 5
Rhus copallinum
5
Rhus glabra
5
Rhus typhina
5
Robinia hispida
5
Robinia pseudoacacia
5
Robinia viscosa
5
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
5
5
5
5
5
Stewartia ovata
5
Symplocos tinctoria
5
black willow
silky willow
American elder
sassafras
American
mountain-ash
mountain
camellia
sweetleaf
Tilia americana
5
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
Tsuga canadensis
Tsuga caroliniana
5
5
5
5
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
5
5
American elm
slippery elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
5
5
Viburnum lentago
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum rufidulum
5
5
5
farkleberry
Northern
possumhaw
nannyberry
blackhaw
rusty blackhaw
Zanthoxylum americanum 5
American
basswood
white basswood
poison sumac
Eastern hemlock
Carolina
hemlock
prickly-ash
6
Table 3: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 6. (107 species)
scientific name
zone
common name
Acer negundo
Acer nigrum
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum
Aesculus flava
Aesculus glabra
Aesculus sylvatica
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Asimina triloba
6
boxelder
black maple
red maple
silver maple
yellow buckeye
Ohio buckeye
Georgia buckeye
hazel alder
serviceberry
devil’s
walkingstick
pawpaw
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula lenta
Betula nigra
6
6
6
yellow birch
sweet birch
river birch
Carpinus caroliniana
6
Carya australis
6
Carya cordiformis
Carya glabra
Carya laciniosa
Carya ovalis
Carya ovata
Carya pallida
Carya tomentosa
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Castanea dentata
6
Castanea pumila
Celtis occidentalis
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cercis canadensis
Chionanthus virginicus
Cladrastis kentukea
Cornus alternifolia
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Cornus florida
6
Cotinus obovatus
6
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
yellowwood
alternate-leaf
dogwood
flowering
dogwood
smoketree
scientific name
zone
common name
Crataegus flabellata
6
fanleaf hawthorn
Diospyros virginiana
6
persimmon
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus quadrangulata
6
6
6
6
American beech
white ash
green ash
blue ash
Gleditsia triacanthos
6
honeylocust
Halesia carolina
Halesia tetraptera
6
6
Hamamelis virginiana
6
little silverbell
mountain
silverbell
American
witch-hazel
Ilex montana
Ilex opaca
Ilex verticillata
6
6
6
mountain holly
American holly
winterberry
Juglans cinerea
Juglans nigra
Juniperus communis
Juniperus virginiana
6
6
6
6
butternut
black walnut
common juniper
Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
6
mountain-laurel
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
6
6
sweetgum
yellow-poplar
Magnolia acuminata
6
Magnolia fraseri
6
Magnolia tripetala
Malus angustifolia
6
6
Malus coronaria
Morus rubra
6
6
mountain
cucumber-tree
mountain
magnolia
umbrella-tree
Southern
crabapple
sweet crabapple
red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
6
blackgum
7
Table 3: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 6.
scientific name
zone
Ostrya virginiana
6
Oxydendrum arboreum
6
Pinus echinata
Pinus rigida
Pinus strobus
6
6
6
Pinus taeda
Pinus virginiana
Platanus occidentalis
6
6
6
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus serotina
6
6
6
Quercus alba
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus marilandica
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus palustris
Quercus phellos
Quercus prinoides
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Quercus rubra
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
6
6
6
common name
Eastern
hophornbeam
sourwood
shortleaf pine
pitch pine
Eastern white
pine
loblolly pine
Virginia pine
American
sycamore
American plum
Chickasaw plum
black cherry
white oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
shingle oak
blackjack oak
chestnut oak
chinquapin oak
water oak
pin oak
willow oak
dwarf
chinquapin oak
Northern red oak
post oak
black oak
scientific name
(continued)
zone
common name
Rhododendron catawbiense 6
Rhododendron maximum 6
Rhus copallinum
6
Rhus glabra
6
Robinia hispida
6
Robinia pseudoacacia
6
purple-laurel
rosebay-laurel
winged sumac
smooth sumac
pink locust
black locust
Salix nigra
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Stewartia ovata
6
6
6
6
Symplocos tinctoria
6
black willow
American elder
sassafras
mountain
camellia
sweetleaf
Tilia americana
6
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
Tsuga canadensis
6
6
6
American
basswood
white basswood
poison sumac
Eastern hemlock
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
6
6
American elm
slippery elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
6
6
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum rufidulum
6
6
farkleberry
Northern
possumhaw
blackhaw
rusty blackhaw
Zanthoxylum americanum 6
prickly-ash
8
Table 4: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 7. (122 species)
scientific name
zone
common name
scientific name
zone
common name
Cornus foemina
Cornus stricta
7
7
stiff dogwood
swamp dogwood
Diospyros virginiana
7
persimmon
Fagus grandifolia
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus quadrangulata
7
7
7
7
American beech
white ash
green ash
blue ash
Gleditsia triacanthos
7
honeylocust
Halesia carolina
Halesia tetraptera
7
7
Hamamelis virginiana
7
little silverbell
mountain
silverbell
American
witch-hazel
Ilex longipes
Ilex montana
Ilex opaca
Ilex verticillata
7
7
7
7
Georgia holly
mountain holly
American holly
winterberry
Juglans cinerea
Juglans nigra
Juniperus communis
Juniperus virginiana
7
7
7
7
butternut
black walnut
common juniper
Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
7
mountain-laurel
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
7
7
sweetgum
yellow-poplar
Magnolia acuminata
7
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnolia tripetala
Magnolia virginiana
Malus angustifolia
7
7
7
7
Morus rubra
7
mountain
cucumber-tree
bigleaf magnolia
umbrella-tree
sweetbay
Southern
crabapple
red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica
7
blackgum
Acer barbatum
7
Acer negundo
Acer nigrum
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum
Aesculus glabra
Aesculus sylvatica
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Asimina triloba
7
Southern
sugar maple
boxelder
black maple
red maple
silver maple
Ohio buckeye
Georgia buckeye
hazel alder
serviceberry
devil’s
walkingstick
pawpaw
Betula lenta
Betula nigra
7
7
sweet birch
river birch
Carpinus caroliniana
7
Carya australis
7
Carya cordiformis
Carya glabra
Carya laciniosa
Carya ovalis
Carya ovata
Carya pallida
Carya tomentosa
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Castanea dentata
7
Castanea pumila
Celtis laevigata
Celtis occidentalis
Celtis tenuifolia
7
7
7
7
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cercis canadensis
Chionanthus virginicus
Cornus alternifolia
7
7
7
7
Cornus florida
7
American
hornbeam
Southern
shagbark
hickory
bitternut hickory
pignut hickory
shellbark hickory
red hickory
shagbark hickory
sand hickory
mockernut
hickory
American
chestnut
chinquapin
sugarberry
hackberry
Georgia
hackberry
buttonbush
redbud
fringetree
alternate-leaf
dogwood
flowering
dogwood
9
Table 4: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 7.
scientific name
zone
Ostrya virginiana
7
Oxydendrum arboreum
7
Pinus echinata
Pinus strobus
7
7
Pinus taeda
Pinus virginiana
Platanus occidentalis
7
7
7
Populus deltoides
7
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
7
7
7
7
7
Quercus alba
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus georgiana
Quercus imbricaria
Quercus lyrata
Quercus margaretta
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Quercus montana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus nigra
Quercus oglethorpensis
Quercus palustris
Quercus phellos
Quercus prinoides
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Quercus rubra
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
7
7
7
7
common name
Eastern
hophornbeam
sourwood
shortleaf pine
Eastern white
pine
loblolly pine
Virginia pine
American
sycamore
Eastern
cottonwood
American plum
Chickasaw plum
black cherry
flatwoods plum
hoptree
white oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
Georgia oak
shingle oak
overcup oak
sand post oak
blackjack oak
swamp chestnut
oak
chestnut oak
chinquapin oak
water oak
Oglethorpe oak
pin oak
willow oak
dwarf
chinquapin oak
Northern red oak
Shumard’s oak
post oak
black oak
scientific name
(continued)
zone
common name
Rhamnus caroliniana
7
Rhododendron maximum 7
Rhus copallinum
7
Rhus glabra
7
Robinia hispida
7
Robinia pseudoacacia
7
buckthorn
rosebay-laurel
winged sumac
smooth sumac
pink locust
black locust
Salix nigra
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Sideroxylon lycioides
7
7
7
7
Staphylea trifolia
Stewartia ovata
7
7
Styrax americanus
7
Symplocos tinctoria
7
black willow
American elder
sassafras
buckthorn
bumelia
bladdernut
mountain
camellia
American
snowbell
sweetleaf
Tilia americana
7
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
Tsuga canadensis
7
7
7
American
basswood
white basswood
poison sumac
Eastern hemlock
Ulmus alata
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
Ulmus serotina
7
7
7
7
winged elm
American elm
slippery elm
September elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
7
7
Viburnum nudum
7
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum rufidulum
7
7
farkleberry
Northern
possumhaw
Southern
possumhaw
blackhaw
rusty blackhaw
Zanthoxylum americanum 7
prickly-ash
10
Table 5: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 8.
(172 species total; 113 species coastal) (* = coastal)
scientific name
zone
common name
Acacia farnesiana
Acer barbatum
8*
8
Acer leucoderme
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum
Aesculus parviflora
8
8
8*
8
Aesculus pavia
Aesculus sylvatica
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
8*
8
8*
8
8*
Asimina parviflora
Asimina triloba
8*
8
sweet acacia
Southern sugar
maple
chalk maple
boxelder
red maple
bottlebrush
buckeye
red buckeye
Georgia buckeye
hazel alder
serviceberry
devil’s
walkingstick
dwarf pawpaw
pawpaw
Baccharis halimifolia
8*
Betula nigra
8*
Carpinus caroliniana
8*
Carya aquatica
Carya australis
8*
8
Carya cordiformis
Carya glabra
Carya myristiciformis
Carya ovalis
Carya ovata
Carya pallida
Carya tomentosa
8
8*
8
8
8
8
8*
Castanea pumila
Catalpa bignonioides
Celtis laevigata
Celtis tenuifolia
8*
8
8*
8
Cephalanthus occidentalis 8*
Cercis canadensis
8
Chamaecyparis thyoides
8*
Eastern
baccharis
river birch
American
hornbeam
water hickory
Southern
shagbark
hickory
bitternut hickory
pignut hickory
nutmeg hickory
red hickory
shagbark hickory
sand hickory
mockernut
hickory
chinquapin
Southern catalpa
sugarberry
Georgia
hackberry
buttonbush
redbud
Atlantic
white-cedar
scientific name
zone
common name
Chionanthus virginicus
Cliftonia monophylla
Cornus alternifolia
8*
8*
8
Cornus florida
8*
Cornus foemina
Cornus stricta
Crataegus aestivalis
Cyrilla parvifolia
Cyrilla racemiflora
8*
8*
8*
8*
8*
fringetree
buckwheat tree
alternate-leaf
dogwood
flowering
dogwood
stiff dogwood
swamp dogwood
mayhaw
littleleaf titi
swamp titi
Diospyros virginiana
8*
persimmon
Elliottia racemosa
8
Georgia plume
Fagus grandifolia
Forestiera acuminata
Forestiera segregata
Franklinia alatamaha
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus profunda
8
8*
8*
8*
8
8*
8*
8*
American beech
swamp-privet
Florida-privet
Franklin tree
white ash
Carolina ash
green ash
pumpkin ash
Gleditsia aquatica
Gordonia lasianthus
8*
8*
water locust
loblolly bay
Halesia carolina
Halesia diptera
8
8*
Halesia tetraptera
8
Hamamelis virginiana
8*
little silverbell
two-wing
silverbell
mountain
silverbell
American
witch-hazel
Ilex ambigua
Ilex cassine
Ilex coriacea
Ilex decidua
Ilex longipes
Ilex myrtifolia
Ilex opaca
8*
8*
8*
8*
8
8*
8*
Carolina holly
dahoon
large gallberry
possumhaw
Georgia holly
myrtle dahoon
American holly
11
Table 5: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 8.
scientific name
zone
common name
Ilex verticillata
Ilex vomitoria
Illicium floridanum
Illicium parviflorum
8
8*
8
8*
winterberry
yaupon
Florida anisetree
yellow anisetree
Juglans nigra
Juniperus silicicola
8
8*
Juniperus virginiana
8*
black walnut
Southern
redcedar
Eastern redcedar
Kalmia latifolia
8
mountain-laurel
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
Lyonia ferruginea
8*
8*
8*
sweetgum
yellow-poplar
staggerbush
Magnolia cordata
8
Magnolia grandiflora
8*
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnolia pyramidata
8
8
Magnolia tripetala
Magnolia virginiana
Malus angustifolia
8
8*
8
Morus rubra
Myrica cerifera
Myrica heterophylla
8*
8*
8*
Piedmont
cucumber-tree
Southern
magnolia
bigleaf magnolia
pyramid
magnolia
umbrella-tree
sweetbay
Southern
crabapple
red mulberry
wax-myrtle
evergreen
bayberry
Nyssa aquatica
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa ogeche
Nyssa sylvatica
8*
8*
8*
8*
water tupelo
swamp tupelo
Ogeeche-lime
blackgum
Osmanthus americanus
Ostrya virginiana
8*
8
Oxydendrum arboreum
8
devilwood
Eastern
hophornbeam
sourwood
(* = coastal) (continued)
scientific name
zone
common name
Persea borbonia
Persea palustris
Pinckneya bracteata
Pinus echinata
Pinus elliottii
Pinus glabra
Pinus palustris
Pinus serotina
Pinus taeda
Planera aquatica
Platanus occidentalis
8*
8*
8*
8
8*
8*
8*
8*
8*
8*
8*
Populus deltoides
8
Prunus alabamensis
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus caroliniana
Prunus mexicana
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
8*
8
8*
8*
8
8*
8*
8*
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
Mexican plum
black cherry
flatwoods plum
hoptree
Quercus alba
Quercus arkansana
Quercus austrina
Quercus coccinea
Quercus falcata
Quercus geminata
Quercus georgiana
Quercus hemisphaerica
Quercus incana
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
8*
8
8*
8
8*
8*
8
8*
8*
8*
8*
Quercus lyrata
Quercus margaretta
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
8*
8*
8*
8*
Quercus minima
Quercus muehlenbergii
8*
8
white oak
Arkansas oak
bluff oak
scarlet oak
Southern red oak
sand live oak
Georgia 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
12
Table 5: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 8.
scientific name
Quercus nigra
Quercus oglethorpensis
Quercus pagoda
Quercus phellos
Quercus rubra
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
Quercus virginiana
zone
common name
8*
8
8*
8
8
8*
8*
8
8*
water oak
Oglethorpe oak
cherrybark oak
willow oak
Northern red oak
Shumard’s oak
post oak
black oak
live oak
Rhamnus caroliniana
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
8
8*
8
buckthorn
winged sumac
smooth sumac
Sabal palmetto
8*
Salix caroliniana
8*
Salix nigra
Sambucus canadensis
Sambucus simpsonii
Sapindus marginatus
8
8*
8*
8*
Sassafras albidum
Serenoa repens
Sideroxylon lanuginosa
Sideroxylon lycioides
8*
8*
8
8
cabbage
palmetto
Coastal Plain
willow
black willow
American elder
Southern elder
Florida
soapberry
sassafras
saw palmetto
gum bumelia
buckthorn
bumelia
tough bumelia
silky camellia
Sideroxylon tenax
Stewartia malacodendron
8*
8*
scientific name
(* = coastal) (continued)
zone
common name
Styrax americanus
8*
Styrax grandifolius
Symplocos tinctoria
8
8*
American
snowbell
bigleaf snowbell
sweetleaf
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum
Tilia americana
8*
8*
8
Tilia caroliniana
8*
Tilia heterophylla
Toxicodendron vernix
8*
8
pond-cypress
bald-cypress
American
basswood
Carolina
basswood
white basswood
poison sumac
Ulmus alata
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
8
8*
8
winged elm
American elm
slippery elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum cassinoides
8*
8
Viburnum nudum
8
Viburnum obovatum
8*
Viburnum rufidulum
8
farkleberry
Northern
possumhaw
Southern
possumhaw
small-leaf
arrowwood
rusty blackhaw
Yucca aloifolia
Yucca gloriosa
8*
8*
Spanish-bayonet
moundlilly yucca
13
Table 6: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 9. (148 species)
scientific name
zone
Acer barbatum
9
Acer negundo
Acer rubrum
Aesculus pavia
Alnus serrulata
Amelanchier arborea
Aralia spinosa
9
9
9
9
9
9
Asimina parviflora
9
Baccharis halimifolia
9
Betula nigra
9
Carpinus caroliniana
9
Carya aquatica
Carya cordiformis
Carya glabra
Carya myristiciformis
Carya ovalis
Carya tomentosa
9
9
9
9
9
9
Castanea pumila
Catalpa bignonioides
Celtis laevigata
Celtis tenuifolia
9
9
9
9
Cephalanthus occidentalis 9
Cercis canadensis
9
Chamaecyparis thyoides
9
Chionanthus virginicus
Cliftonia monophylla
Cornus florida
9
9
9
Cornus foemina
Cornus stricta
Crataegus aestivalis
Cyrilla parvifolia
Cyrilla racemiflora
9
9
9
9
9
common name
Southern sugar
maple
boxelder
red maple
red buckeye
hazel alder
serviceberry
devil’s
walkingstick
dwarf pawpaw
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
white-cedar
fringetree
buckwheat tree
flowering
dogwood
stiff dogwood
swamp dogwood
mayhaw
littleleaf titi
swamp titi
scientific name
zone
common name
Diospyros virginiana
9
persimmon
Elliottia racemosa
9
Georgia plume
Forestiera acuminata
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus profunda
9
9
9
9
swamp-privet
Carolina ash
green ash
pumpkin ash
Gleditsia aquatica
Gordonia lasianthus
9
9
water locust
loblolly bay
Halesia carolina
Halesia diptera
9
9
Hamamelis virginiana
9
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
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
Carolina holly
sarvis holly
dahoon
large gallberry
possumhaw
myrtle dahoon
American holly
yaupon
Florida anisetree
Juniperus silicicola
9
Juniperus virginiana
9
Southern
redcedar
Eastern redcedar
Leitneria floridana
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
Lyonia ferruginea
9
9
9
9
corkwood
sweetgum
yellow-poplar
staggerbush
Magnolia cordata
9
Magnolia grandiflora
9
Magnolia macrophylla
9
Piedmont
cucumber-tree
Southern
magnolia
bigleaf magnolia
14
Table 6: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 9.
scientific name
zone
Magnolia pyramidata
9
Magnolia virginiana
Malus angustifolia
9
9
Morus rubra
Myrica cerifera
Myrica heterophylla
9
9
9
Myrica inodora
9
Nyssa aquatica
Nyssa biflora
Nyssa ogeche
Nyssa sylvatica
common name
scientific name
(continued)
zone
common name
pyramid
magnolia
sweetbay
Southern
crabapple
red mulberry
wax-myrtle
evergreen
bayberry
odorless
bayberry
Quercus alba
Quercus arkansana
Quercus austrina
Quercus breviloba
Quercus chapmanii
Quercus falcata
Quercus geminata
Quercus hemisphaerica
Quercus incana
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
water tupelo
swamp tupelo
Ogeeche-lime
blackgum
Quercus lyrata
Quercus margaretta
Quercus marilandica
Quercus michauxii
9
9
9
9
Osmanthus americanus
9
devilwood
Persea borbonia
Persea palustris
Pinckneya bracteata
Pinus echinata
Pinus elliottii
Pinus glabra
Pinus palustris
Pinus serotina
Pinus taeda
Planera aquatica
Platanus occidentalis
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
Quercus virginiana
9
9
9
Rhus copallinum
9
winged sumac
Populus deltoides
9
Sabal palmetto
9
Populus heterophylla
9
Salix caroliniana
9
Prunus alabamensis
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus caroliniana
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
red-bay
swamp-bay
fevertree
shortleaf pine
slash pine
spruce pine
longleaf pine
pond pine
loblolly pine
planertree
American
sycamore
Eastern
cottonwood
swamp
cottonwood
Alabama cherry
American plum
Chickasaw plum
laurelcherry
black cherry
flatwoods plum
hoptree
Quercus minima
Quercus myrtifolia
Quercus nigra
Quercus pagoda
Quercus shumardii
Quercus similis
Quercus sinuata
white oak
Arkansas oak
bluff oak
Gulf 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
swamp post oak
bastard (Durand)
oak
post oak
black oak
live oak
Salix floridana
Salix nigra
Sambucus canadensis
Sambucus simpsonii
Sassafras albidum
Serenoa repens
9
9
9
9
9
9
cabbage
palmetto
Coastal Plain
willow
Florida willow
black willow
American elder
Southern elder
sassafras
saw palmetto
15
Table 6: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 9.
scientific name
zone
Sideroxylon lanuginosa
Sideroxylon lycioides
9
9
Sideroxylon tenax
Stewartia malacodendron
Styrax americanus
9
9
9
Styrax grandifolius
Symplocos tinctoria
9
9
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum
Tilia caroliniana
9
9
9
Tilia heterophylla
Torreya taxifolia
Toxicodendron vernix
9
9
9
common name
scientific name
(continued)
zone
common name
gum bumelia
buckthorn
bumelia
tough bumelia
silky camellia
American
snowbell
bigleaf snowbell
sweetleaf
Ulmus alata
Ulmus americana
9
9
winged elm
American elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum nudum
9
9
Viburnum obovatum
9
Viburnum rufidulum
9
farkleberry
Southern
possumhaw
small-leaf
arrowwood
rusty blackhaw
pond-cypress
bald-cypress
Carolina
basswood
white basswood
torreya
poison sumac
Yucca aloifolia
9
Spanish-bayonet
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis 9
Hercules’ club
16
Table 7: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 10. (74 species)
scientific name
zone
common name
Acer rubrum
Aesculus pavia
Alnus serrulata
Aralia spinosa
10
10
10
10
red maple
red buckeye
hazel alder
devil’s
walkingstick
Magnolia virginiana
Morus rubra
Myrica cerifera
Myrica heterophylla
10
10
10
10
sweetbay
red mulberry
wax-myrtle
evergreen
bayberry
Carpinus caroliniana
10
Nyssa ogeche
Nyssa sylvatica
10
10
Ogeeche-lime
blackgum
Carya aquatica
Carya glabra
Carya tomentosa
10
10
10
Osmanthus americanus
10
devilwood
Castanea pumila
Celtis laevigata
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Chionanthus virginicus
Cornus florida
10
10
10
10
10
Cornus foemina
Crataegus aestivalis
Cyrilla parvifolia
Cyrilla racemiflora
10
10
10
10
American
hornbeam
water hickory
pignut hickory
mockernut
hickory
chinquapin
sugarberry
buttonbush
fringetree
flowering
dogwood
stiff dogwood
mayhaw
littleleaf titi
swamp titi
Persea borbonia
Persea palustris
Pinus elliottii
Pinus palustris
Pinus serotina
Pinus taeda
Planera aquatica
Prunus caroliniana
Prunus serotina
Prunus umbellata
Ptelea trifoliata
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
red-bay
swamp-bay
slash pine
longleaf pine
pond pine
loblolly pine
planertree
laurelcherry
black cherry
flatwoods plum
hoptree
Diospyros virginiana
10
persimmon
Fraxinus caroliniana
10
Carolina ash
Gordonia lasianthus
10
loblolly bay
Hamamelis virginiana
10
American
witch-hazel
Quercus austrina
Quercus chapmanii
Quercus falcata
Quercus geminata
Quercus hemisphaerica
Quercus incana
Quercus laevis
Quercus laurifolia
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Ilex ambigua
Ilex decidua
Ilex opaca
10
10
10
Carolina holly
possumhaw
American holly
Quercus margaretta
Quercus michauxii
10
10
Quercus myrtifolia
Quercus nigra
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus virginiana
10
10
10
10
10
bluff oak
Chapman oak
Southern red oak
sand live oak
laurel oak
bluejack oak
turkey oak
swamp laurel
oak
sand post oak
swamp chestnut
oak
myrtle oak
water oak
Shumard’s oak
post oak
live oak
Juniperus virginiana
10
Eastern redcedar
Liquidambar styraciflua
Liriodendron tulipifera
Lyonia ferruginea
10
10
10
sweetgum
yellow-poplar
staggerbush
scientific name
zone
common name
17
Table 7: Native Trees of Georgia in Heat Zone 10.
scientific name
zone
common name
Rhus copallinum
10
winged sumac
Sabal palmetto
10
cabbage
palmetto
American elder
Southern elder
sassafras
American
snowbell
bigleaf snowbell
sweetleaf
Sambucus canadensis
Sambucus simpsonii
Sassafras albidum
Styrax americanus
10
10
10
10
Styrax grandifolius
Symplocos tinctoria
10
10
scientific name
(continued)
zone
common name
Taxodium ascendens
Taxodium distichum
10
10
pond-cypress
bald-cypress
Ulmus americana
10
American elm
Vaccinium arboreum
Viburnum obovatum
10
10
farkleberry
small-leaf
arrowwood
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Table 8: List of native Georgia trees found statewide
in all heat zones (i.e. zones 4 - 10).
(28 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
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
Prunus serotina
loblolly pine
black cherry
Quercus falcata
Quercus nigra
Quercus stellata
Southern red oak
water oak
post oak
Rhus copallinum
winged sumac
Sambucus canadensis
Sassafras albidum
Symplocos tinctoria
American elder
sassafras
sweetleaf
Ulmus americana
American elm
Vaccinium arboreum
farkleberry
Diospyros virginiana
persimmon
Hamamelis virginiana
American witch-hazel
Ilex opaca
American holly
Juniperus virginiana
Eastern redcedar
Liriodendron tulipifera
yellow-poplar
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