This slide show, by the University of Georgia Department of Horticulture, presents close to six dozen native trees, shrubs, and woody vines that are available in the nursery trade and are especially suitable for landscape use. Included are color images, plant characteristics, landscape uses, mature size, preferred habitat, distribution maps, and hardiness zones. Note that the entire, more comprehensive publication is available on the UGA Cooperative Extension Service website and it contains a link to a PDF version of the document. If you are interested in the pdf document, you should be aware that the size is over 150MB.
For further information contact the Department of Horticulture
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
The University of Georgia
Used with permission.
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Trees Acer Rubrum, Red Maple
Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple
Betula nigra, River Birch
Cladrastis kentukea (syn. Lutea kenutkea), American Yellowwood
Ilex opaca, American Holly
Juglans nigra, Black Walnut
Juniperus virginiana, Eastern Red Cedar
Liriodendron tulipifera, Tulip Poplar or Yellow Poplar
Magnolia grandiflora, Southern Magnolia
Pinus taeda, Loblolly Pine
Pinus virginiana, Virginia Pine
Platanus occidentalis, Sycamore
Quercus alba, White Oak
Quercus coccinea, Scarlet Oak
Quercus falcata, Southern Red Oak
Quercus nigra, Water Oak
Quercus phellos, Willow Oak
Quercus shumardii, Shumard Oak
Quercus virginiana, Live Oak
Sabal palmetto, Palmetto Palm or Cabbage Palm
Taxodium distichum, Bald Cypress
Tsuga canadensis, Eastern Hemlock
Acer barbatum, Florida or Southern Sugar Maple
Carpinus caroliniana, American Hornbeam, Ironwood, or Musclewood
Cercis canadensis, Eastern Redbud
Chionanthus virginicus, Fringetree or Grancy-Greybeard
Cornus florida, Flowering Dogwood
Halesia tetraptera, Carolina Silverbell
Ilex decidua, Possumhaw
Ilex vomitoria, Yaupon Holly
Magnolia macrophylla, Big-leaf Magnolia
Ostrya virginiana, American Hophornbeam, Ironwood
Oxydendrum arboreum, Sourwood
Quercus georgiana, Georgia Oak
Sassafras albidum, Sassafras
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Sorted by Common Name American Holly, Ilex opaca
American Yellowwood, Cladrastis kentukea (syn. Lutea kenutkea)
Bald Cypress, Taxodium distichum
Black Walnut, Juglans nigra
Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis
Eastern Red Cedar, Juniperus virginiana
Live Oak, Quercus virginiana
Loblolly Pine, Pinus taeda
Palmetto Palm or Cabbage Palm, Sabal palmetto
Red Maple, Acer Rubrum
River Birch, Betula nigra
Scarlet Oak, Quercus coccinea
Shumard Oak, Quercus shumardii
Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
Southern Red Oak, Quercus falcata
Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum
Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis
Tulip Poplar or Yellow Poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera
Virginia Pine, Pinus virginiana
Water Oak, Quercus nigra
White Oak, Quercus alba
Willow Oak, Quercus phellos
American Hornbeam, Ironwood, or Musclewood, Carpinus caroliniana
American Hophornbeam, Ironwood, Ostrya virginiana
Big-leaf Magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla
Carolina Silverbell, Halesia tetraptera
Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis
Georgia Oak, Quercus georgiana
Florida or Southern Sugar Maple, Acer barbatum
Flowering Dogwood, Cornus florida
Fringetree or Grancy-Greybeard, Chionanthus virginicus
Possumhaw, Ilex decidua
Sassafras, Sassafras albidum
Sourwood, Oxydendrum arboreum
Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria
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Shrubs Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus pavia, Red Buckeye
Callicarpa americana, American Beautyberry
Calycanthus floridus, Sweetshrub
Cephalanthus occidentalis, Buttonbush
Clethra alnifolia, Summersweet Clethra (syn. Sweet Pepperbush)
Cyrilla racemiflora, Red Titi or Swamp Cyrilla
Euonymus americanus, Strawberry Bush
Fothergilla gardenii, Dwarf Fothergilla
Hydrangea quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea
Ilex glabra, Gallberry or Inkberry
Ilex verticillata, Winterberry
Illicium floridanumFlorida Anise-tree
Illicium parviflorum, Small Anise-tree
Itea virginica, Virginia Sweetspire
Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera), Southern Wax Myrtle
Pinckneya bracteata, Pinckneya or Feverbark
Rhapidophylum hystrix, Needle Palm
Sabal Minor, Dwarf Palmetto or Bluestem Palmetto
Seronoa repens, Saw Palmetto
Styrax americanus, American Snowbell
Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry
Vaccinium virgatum (syn. V. ashei) cultivars, Rabbiteye Blueberry cultivars
Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum
Xanthorhiza simplicissima, Yellowroot
Yucca filamentosa, Adam's Needle, Beargrass, Threadleaf Yucca
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Sorted by Common Name Adam's Needle, Beargrass, Threadleaf Yucca, Yucca filamentosa
American Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana
American Snowbell, Styrax americanus
Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis
Dwarf Fothergilla, Fothergilla gardenii
Dwarf Palmetto or Bluestem Palmetto, Sabal Minor
Florida Anise-tree, Illicium floridanum
Gallberry or Inkberry, Ilex glabra
Mapleleaf Viburnum, Viburnum acerifolium
Needle Palm, Rhapidophylum hystrix
Oakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia
Pinckneya or Feverbark, Pinckneya bracteata
Rabbiteye Blueberry cultivars, Vaccinium virgatum (syn. V. ashei) cultivars
Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia
Red Titi or Swamp Cyrilla, Cyrilla racemiflora
Saw Palmetto, Seronoa repens
Small Anise-tree, Illicium parviflorum
Southern Wax Myrtle, Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera)
Sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum
Summersweet Clethra (syn. Sweet Pepperbush, Clethra alnifolia
Strawberry Bush, Euonymus americanus
Sweetshrub, Calycanthus floridus
Virginia Sweetspire, Itea virginica
Winterberry, Ilex verticillata
Yellowroot, Xanthorhiza simplicissima
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Woody Vines Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine
Deucamaria barbara, Climbing Hydrangea
Gelsemium sempervirens, Carolina Yellow Jessamine
Lonicera sempervirens, Trumpet Honeysuckle
Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Virginia Creeper
Wisteria frutescens, American Wisteria
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Sorted by Common Name American Wisteria, Wisteria frutescens
Carolina Yellow Jessamine, Gelsemium sempervirens
Climbing Hydrangea, Deucamaria barbara
Crossvine, Bignonia capreolata
Trumpet Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens
Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia
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