Use River Birch as a shade or specimen tree, particularly in groupings. Large, fragrant, white, terminal flower clusters (panicles) up to 12 inches in length are borne in May and June on the previous seasons growth. Leaves are 8 to 15 inches long with five to seven leaflets. answer choices. It covers the middle of Georgia. Rocky, dry, upland soils. The color conveys a warm feeling in the cool early spring. 25 to 30 feet tall and 20 to 25 feet wide. Although it is often thought of as a spiny nuisance, scrub palm, and a habitat for rodents and snakes, Saw Palmetto can be an attractive groundcover and an effective hedge or barrier plant in the landscape. Connecticut to Illinois, south to Florida and west to Texas. Bright red fruit persist throughout winter and are eaten by birds. It does well in full sun to partial shade. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 0-618-09858-5. The Coastal Plain, South Carolina to Florida, particularly the southwestern Coastal Plain of Georgia and along the Gulf Coast into Texas. There are selections of this plant, but they are not readily available. The leaves are narrowly oblong or lanceolate, light green and shiny above and pale green below. Lesson 2: Establishing the relationship between the geographic regions of Georgia and the types of habitats they provide. White flowers, borne in spring, are small, fragrant and bell-shaped. Orange to scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers, 2 inches long, are borne in March and April. It has a rounded to spreading canopy that is more pyramidal in youth. Migrating birds eat the fruit in the fall. Mayhaw is a thorny, deciduous, small tree with white flowers borne in a flat cluster in March. With training, it can be grown as a specimen tree. 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 5 wide, depending on whether or not root suckers are pruned. With age, it will sometimes form an upright trunk. Trumpet Honeysuckle is a good choice for people allergic to bee stings. The bark on older trees is almost black, develops a blocky appearance, and looks like alligator hide. Its picturesque branching, glossy foliage, attractive fall color and dark, blocky-patterned bark add interest to landscapes. Use Mountain Stewartia as a flowering or specimen plant. Classroom "Panda"-monium. Use Hoptree as a specimen plant. Black Gum, or Tupelo, is a deciduous tree having medium texture and a medium growth rate. Occurs in areas that are wet during winter months. American Beech produces deep shade that discourages other plants from growing under its canopy. The female flowers produce berries about 0.25-inches in diameter; they change from white to orange, then to black by late summer. Georgia Regions Map Activity. The bright red fruit display is an outstanding feature. Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America. It re-seeds readily in cultivated areas. UGA Extension offers a wealth of personalized services American Beech is a deciduous tree with medium texture and medium to slow growth rate. Bald Cypress is a deciduous tree with medium-fine texture and a medium to fast growth rate. Vacciniums are one of the most common native shrubs. They ripen in June and July, and humans and wildlife relish them. It will adapt to full sun. Flowers are borne in terminal clusters consisting of 12 to 30 individual flowers. Mockernut Massachusetts to Ontario and Nebraska, south to Florida and west to Texas. Other species, such as the popular repeat-blooming Swamp Jessamine (Gelsemium rankinii) are available. Form is pyramidal when young (sometimes narrow) and becomes broader with age. In shaded areas in its natural habitat, the leaves tend to be infected with a gall, which makes them look swollen and watery. Habitat protection and preservation are obligations of all Georgia citizens. Included in the set, you will find.. - Label and Color Map - Cut and Label Map - Mini-Flipbooks for each of the five regions - Plant and Animal Color Me Activities for each . In nature, plant growth on moist sites is usually abundant and lush. The flowers occur in racemes, 4 to 8 inches long, in May and June. Get weekly updates sent to your inbox with the latest UGA Extension news. Flowers are pink, occasionally white, with pink center tubes and a sweet to musky-sweet fragrance. It prefers deep, fertile soils with adequate moisture and partial shade. Foliage is aromatic when crushed. Female trees bear tiny, greenish-yellow flowers during leaf development in April or May. It prefers rich, moist, well-drained, acidic soil and sun to partial shade. Foliage is medium-green. Sap is milky. It tolerates poor sites. In natural areas, especially along streams, it is an impressive landscape plant with its white bark defining Piedmont streams. Dwarf Fothergilla is a deciduous flowering shrub with medium-coarse texture, slow growth rate and rounded to spreading habit. Reddish-orange to red flowers open after the leaves are fully developed and are not fragrant. Use Oakleaf Hydrangea as a specimen plant or in groupings. Moist hardwood forests and wet swampy areas in the Coastal Plain. The Etowah River resilience unit occurs in the Piedmont province, which contains lowlands (plains) and highlands (plateaus) with isolated mountains (Fenneman 1928, p. 293 . White Oak is a deciduous tree with medium-coarse texture and a slow to medium growth rate. Georgia Oak is being used as a street tree or specimen tree and under power lines in the Georgia Piedmont. Yellow-Root is an excellent choice for naturalizing in boggy soil. It is pyramidal in youth, developing a long, clear trunk with a small, open pyramidal crown as it ages. Moist, well-drained soils along riverbanks and streams, swamps and flood plains. Its wood is valuable for furniture and veneers because of its beautiful grain. This reading comprehension passage focuses on the five regions of Georgia. In nature, it may be somewhat invasive. Southern Highbush Blueberry (V. corymbosum) was used in developing cultivars for berry production. Vascular plants of Wyoming, 3rd ed.. Mountain West Publishers, Cheyenne. It is not stoloniferous. Fragrant white to whitish-pink flowers are borne in early March in terminal clusters 3 inches long. Flowering Dogwood, the most popular flowering tree in the eastern United States, is deciduous with medium texture and a medium growth rate. Leaves are lustrous, dark green, rough on the upper surface and grayish-brown underneath. Darrows Blueberry is a small evergreen shrub, rarely more than 24 inches tall. The plant is stoloniferous and spreads outward over time. Brackish coastal soils; wet depressions and bogs to fairly dry upland sands in pine or pine-oak forests. 1990. Bloom color ranges from nearly pure white to pink, rose pink or red. It tends to be multi-stemmed, but it can be easily pruned into a tree form. It is a twining, clinging and climbing vine; it will also spread along the ground. The different soil, derived from a different geologic history and supporting a different vegetation, produces the two major geographical provinces of Georgia, the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain. Leaves are leathery, thick and glossy, dark green above and a pale, chalky green below. Leaves are opposite, pinnately compound and 12 inches long with five to nine leaflets. Flowers are white, showy, fragrant, nodding downward in clusters at leaf axils of the previous years growth. Pinckneya also called Fever Tree or Feverbark is a deciduous, flowering small tree or large shrub with medium texture and medium to fast growth rate. Saw Palmetto is a common understory plant, often found growing thicket-like in southern Georgia and the Florida peninsula. Lace bugs can be a problem. It produces a good evergreen backdrop for low-growing plants. Trumpetcreeper is a deciduous vine with medium texture and a fast growth rate. Well-drained, gravelly soils on ridges and on upland slopes. Crushed dry leaves are used for flavoring gumbos. Stipes Publishing Co. ISBN 0-87563-795-7. Because this tree has such a wide growing range, its origin is very important. It is a long-lived pine, often growing for more than 300 years. Professor; Emphasis: Commercial & sustainable landscape; pollinators, U.S. Forest Service publication FHTET-2003-01. Its evergreen needles, arranged two per fascicle, are 2 to 3 inches long and persist for three to four seasons. True plant lovers will carefully select from the array of plants available, both native and introduced, to create the most beautiful and functional gardens possible. Ontario and New York to Florida; west to Minnesota. Transplanting is most successful when done during the warm summer months. Grows on moist sites, flood plains and lower slopes. It transplants easily. It is the only native palm with spiny leaf stems. Horse-Sugar can be used as a flowering or specimen shrub, for naturalizing on thin wooded bluffs, or in a mixed-shrub border. Once the tap root is developed, it provides the resources for rapid top growth, often exceeding 3 feet in a year. Large pink blooms (actually bracts) are borne in early June. It prefers sandy, moist, limestone soils and full sun for best development. It needs full sun to become established and grow well. Often grows over limestone. The foliage is reddish as it emerges, changing to a dark, lustrous green. Spice-Bush is a deciduous shrub having medium texture and slow to medium growth rate. It performs poorly in zone 8. White, fragrant flowers are borne in April. The middle geographic section of Georgia, the Piedmont, contains metamorphic rocks as well. Moist soils in low woods and lower slopes in woods and thickets from the lower Piedmont to the southern Coastal Plain. Carolina Buckthorn is a small, deciduous tree. Meadows (herbaceous pastures or prairies), 6. Black Walnut produces the chemical juglone in its roots and leaves, which kills or inhibits growth of other plants nearby. In this region, which is located in the middle of Georgia state, there are forests and . Fruit are sweet tasting and dark blue with a white bloom. Use American Beech as a shade or specimen tree. Hickories are large, deciduous trees, 60 feet or more tall, with alternate, pinnately compound leaves. Maryland, south to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma. It is a tough plant, preferring moist, acid soils and full sun to partial shade. Foliage turns golden-brown in fall. The lower leaf surface is densely pubescent and glandular. Planting sun-loving plants in shaded areas will result in spindly, weak growth, while planting shade-loving plants in full sun may cause leaf scorching or anemic-looking foliage. 15 to 20 feet tall with a spread of 15 to 20 feet. Never plant it on wet sites. It is adaptable to a wide variety of sites. Cove hardwoods (rich, moist, protected pockets), 2. Fruit only occurs on female plants. Deep, moist, well-drained forest soils. It is a broad, spreading, multi-stemmed plant with many upright shoots, so it requires plenty of room in the landscape. Ambrosia beetle and an associated fungus are killing native populations in coastal Georgia. Sometimes described as a clumping palm, it is actually a single-trunk palm, but its trunk is either very short or below ground and it will seldom appear tree-like. Female and male flowers are borne on separate plants, so both sexes are required to form berries on female plants. It is often found in old fields where it is a pioneer species throughout the South. Oconee-bells ( Shortia galacifolia) and Florida Torreya ( Torreya taxifolia) are examples of plants that require specific habitats and are rare in the woods of Georgia. Maine to Minnesota, south to Florida, west to Missouri. Use Trumpet Honeysuckle on arbors, trellises, fences and walls. In fall, leaves turn scarlet red, and fruit are red and showy. Prune after flowering. Form is oval to upright, rounded, with wide-spreading branches. Students could also look at the land and see the possible habitats in each region. 8 to 12 feet tall with a spread of 6 to 10 feet. Bloom period is from March to early May. Use Groundsel Bush as a specimen plant or in a shrub border. Kale. Typically found in wet, acidic soils of pine flatwoods, savannahs, bays and swampy streams. What is the weather like in the Piedmont region of Georgia? The fruit ripens in June and is enjoyed by birds. The bark and leaves yield a yellow dye. Leaves are 8 to 14 inches long with five leaflets, sometimes seven. A variety called magniflora has larger flowers than Two-Winged Silverbell. It is drought-tolerant and easy to transplant. Fall color is usually bright yellow. Leaves are alternate evergreen, 1.5 to 4 inches long and half as wide, with spiny teeth along their margins. East and central North America, east of the Rocky Mountains. Moist soils of valleys and ravines. Flowers appear in April and May and are dark red with 20 to 30 petals. Weakley, Alan S. 2005. Arrowwood Viburnum is a deciduous flowering shrub with medium texture and medium growth rate. It is prone to dieback in south Georgia. If the roots are light brown and the pot is fairly full of healthy-looking roots, you're good. (138) $12.00. It flowers well in dense shade. It is the larval host of the hackberry emperor butterfly and is a food source for fall migrating birds. Fall color ranges from bright yellow to fiery orange or vibrant red. 1.The Blue Ridge Mountains are a segment of the Appalachian Mountains, located in the eastern United States. This shrub grows well and flowers in pine-oak forests; it is one of the most common shrubs on acidic pinelands in the Piedmont. Flower color ranges from clear yellow to yellowish-orange, orange, reddish-orange or red. Bark is gray and develops deep V-shaped ridges with age. Bark and flowers are attractive, but it is the fruit capsule that makes this tree distinctive. During fall migration, birds eat the seeds quickly. This plants claim to fame is the fruit, which superficially resembles hops. 30 to 40 feet tall with a spread about half its height. Hammock Sweet Azalea is a large shrub growing to 15 feet or more and found in wooded swamps and hammocks of Georgias Coastal Plain. Leaves are deciduous or semi-evergreen, alternate, leathery, pale green to bluish-white. Male and female flowers are borne on different plants (dioecious). This plant grows on rocky slopes in forested areas. It is pest free. It prefers moist soils, but it may adapt to sun if irrigated. Fall leaf color is yellow. Weather extremes, either temperature or drought, have shown us one of the best and most practical reasons for using native plants their adaptations to local climate. The showy fruit are striking in the winter landscape and are attractive to birds. The Swamp Azalea is generally stoloniferous. Along the forest floor a profusion of small flowering plants thrive, including mountain skullcap ( Scutellaria montana). Size is extremely variable over its extensive native range. Bark is gray to brownish, exfoliating with age into narrow plates that are detached at both ends. Its evergreen foliage does not allow much sunlight beneath the canopy. Fall color is pink to red or red-purple. Waste areas and beaches in the lower Coastal Plain; also found on drier upland sites. The bark is dark and scaly. The undersides of leaves and buds have short, dense, rusty-red hairs that are useful in identifying this species. Georgia is a diverse state, with many habitats from coastal beaches to mountain hardwood forests. North- or east-facing slopes are preferred. It may require pruning in youth to obtain its best shape. 3 to 6 feet tall with a spread of 3 to 6 feet. Pierce's Disease is a bacterial disease spread by leaf-hopper insects that kills susceptible bunch grape varieties. 4 to 8 feet tall with a spread of 4 to 6 feet. The fruit is an elongated capsule bearing numerous seeds. Leaves are palmate with five to seven leaflets. The tree is a honey source for bees. 15 to 30 feet tall and 10 to 20 feet wide. 1988. The topography consists of rounded hills, low ridges, irregular plains, and narrow valleys, all underlain by metamorphic rock. Failure to conserve, tend and preserve the habitats of these and other native plants can lead to their extinction. Any use of these images beyond this publication is discouraged and will require permission from the photographers. Nova Scotia to Florida; west to Missouri, Mississippi and Texas. Some plants found in the piedmont (our own backyards!) It can be used as a specimen or in a grouping for naturalizing in moist woods. Some plants in this region include kudzu, pine trees, oak . Use Red Maple as a shade tree in moist soils and full sun. Northern Red Oak is used as a large specimen shade tree. Fruit are bluish-black drupes in fall. Seeds are valued by wildlife, particularly squirrels, chipmunks, deer and turkeys. Its common name refers to the cross pattern seen when the stem is cut. River bottoms, abandoned farmland. Deer shun its aromatic foliage. Fragrant white flowers are borne in summer on slender 3- to 6-inch long spikes. In nature, older trees are flat-topped with few lower branches, which is probably due to competition for light. Sweet Azalea is found along streams in moist mountain coves and is stoloniferous, forming dense colonies of plants growing up to 15 feet tall. The drupe-like berry is purple-black, appearing in fall. It is found along shady ravines and stream banks in southwestern Georgia. Bloom time is from May to August. Use Rusty Blackhaw as an understory plant in partial shade or as a specimen plant in full sun. South Carolina to Florida, and west to eastern Mississippi. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. Fruit are berry-like, borne in clusters, green when young and turning black in fall. There is a race of mountain longleaf growing on ridges from Paulding County, Ga., to Rome, Ga., and into the Talladega National Forest in Alabama.
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