Protected Plants of Georgia

Protected Plants of Georgia, An Information Manual on Plants Designated by the State of Georgia as Endangered, Threatened, Rare or Unusual by Thomas S. Patrick, James R. Allison, and Gregory A. Krakow was first published in 1995 by Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Natural Heritage Program.

From this page you can download the Protected Plants of Georgia in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

• Book Front Cover
• Title Page
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Legal Overview
• Devising and Using Lists of Potential Occurrences
• Glossary

Species Treatments

• Allium speculae ( Flatrock Onion )
• Amphianthus pusillus ( Little Amphianthus, Pool Sprite, Snorkelwort )
• Arabis georgiana ( Georgia Rockcress )
• Asplenium heteroresiliens ( Marl Spleenwort, Morzenti Spleenwort, Wagner Spleenwort )
• Balduina atropurpurea ( Purple Honeycomb Head, Purple Balduina )
• Baptisia arachnifera ( Hairy Rattleweed, Hairy Wild Indigo, Hairy False Indigo )
• Bumelia thornei ( Swamp Buckthorn )
• Cacalia diversifolia ( Variable-leaved Indian Plantain )
• Calamintha ashei ( Ashe's Savory, Ashe's Calamint, Ohoopee Wild Basil )
• Carex baltzellii ( Baltzell Sedge )
• Carex biltmoreana ( Biltmore Sedge )
• Carex dasycarpa ( Velvet Sedge )
• Carex manhartii ( Manhart Sedge, Blue Ridge Purple Sedge )
• Carex misera ( Wretched Sedge )
• Carex purpurifera ( Purple Sedge )
• Ceratiola ericoides ( Rosemary, Sandhill Rosemary )
• Chamaecyparis thyoides ( Atlantic White-cedar, Swamp-cedar )
• Chrysopsis pinifolia ( Sandhill Golden-aster, Pine-leaved Golden-aster )
• Croomia pauciflora ( Croomia )
• Cuscuta harperi ( Harper Dodder, Harper Love-vine, Harper Strangle-weed )
• Cymophyllus fraseri ( Fraser Sedge )
• Cypripedium acaule ( Moccasin Flower, Pink Ladyslipper )
• Cypripedium calceolus ( Golden Slipper, Yellow Ladyslipper )
• Draba aprica ( Sun-loving Draba, Open-ground Draba, Granite Whitlow-grass  )
• Echinacea laevigata ( Smooth Purple Coneflower )
• Elliottia racemosa ( Georgia Plume, Elliottia )
• Epidendrum conopseum ( Greenfly Orchid )
• Evolvulus sericeus ( Silky Morning-glory, Creeping Morning-glory )
• Fimbristylis perpusilla ( Harper Fimbristylis, Harper Fimbry )
• Fothergilla gardenii ( Dwarf Witch-alder )
• Gentianopsis crinita ( Fringed Gentian )
• Hartwrightia floridana ( Hartwrightia )
• Helonias bullata ( Swamp Pink )
• Hexastylis shuttleworthii ( Harper Wild Ginger, Bog Heartleaf, Callaway Ginger  )
• Hydrastis canadensis ( Goldenseal )
• Hymenocallis coronaria ( Shoals Spiderlily, Cahaba Lily )
• Illicium floridanum ( Florida Anise )
• Isoetes melanospora ( Black-spored Quillwort )
• Isoetes tegetiformans ( Mat-forming Quillwort )
• Isotria medeoloides ( Small Whorled Pogonia, Lesser Five-leaves )
• Jeffersonia diphylla ( Twinleaf )
• Leavenworthia exigua ( Least Gladecress, Leavenworthia )
• Lindera melissifolia ( Pondberry, Pond Spicebush, Jove's Fruit )
• Lindernia saxicola ( Rock False Pimpernel )
• Litsea aestivalis ( Pond Spice )
• Lysimachia fraseri ( Fraser Loosestrife )
• Lythrum curtissii ( Curtiss Loosestrife )
• Marshallia mohrii ( Coosa Barbara Buttons, Mohr's Barbara Buttons )
• Marshallia ramosa ( Pineland Barbara Buttons, Pine Barrens Barbara Buttons )
• Matelea alabamensis ( Alabama Spiny-pod, Alabama Milkvine )
• Matelea pubiflora ( Trailing Milkvine, Trailing Spiny-pod )
• Myriophyllum laxum ( Lax Water-milfoil )
• Nestronia umbellula ( Indian Olive, Conjurer's Nut, Nestronia )
• Neviusia alabamensis ( Alabama Snow-wreath )
• Oxypolis canbyi ( Canby Dropwort )
• Panicum hirstii ( Hirst Panic Grass )
• Penstemon dissectus ( Cutleaf Beardtongue )
• Physostegia leptophylla ( Narrowleaf Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead )
• Pinguicula primuliflora ( Clearwater Butterwort )
• Platanthera integrilabia ( Monkeyface Orchid, White Fringeless Orchid )
• Potentilla tridentata ( Three-toothed Cinquefoil, Three-toothed Fivefingers )
• Ptilimnium nodosum ( Harperella )
• Quercus oglethorpensis ( Oglethorpe Oak )
• Rhododendron prunifolium ( Plumleaf Azalea, Red Honeysuckle )
• Rhus michauxii ( Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac, Michaux Sumac )
• Sabatia capitata ( Cumberland Rose Gentian )
• Sageretia minutiflora ( Climbing Buckthorn )
• Sagittaria secundifolia ( Kral Water-plantain )
• Salix floridana ( Florida Willow )
• Sanguisorba canadensis ( Canadian Burnet )
• Sarracenia flava ( Fly-catchers, Golden Trumpets, Yellow Flytrap )
• Sarracenia leucophylla ( White Trumpets, Whitetop Pitcherplant )
• Sarracenia minor ( Hooded Pitcherplant )
• Sarracenia oreophila ( Green Pitcherplant, Flytrap )
• Sarracenia psittacina ( Parrot Pitcherplant )
• Sarracenia purpurea ( Purple Pitcherplant, Indian Pitcher, Flytrap )
• Sarracenia rubra ( Sweet Pitcherplant, Red Pitcherplant )
• Schisandra glabra ( Bay Star-vine, Climbing Magnolia, Wild Sarsaparilla )
• Schwalbea americana ( Chaffseed )
• Scutellaria montana ( Large-flowered Skullcap, Mountain Skullcap )
• Scutellaria ocmulgee ( Ocmulgee Skullcap )
• Sedum nevii ( Nevius Stonecrop )
• Sedum pusillum ( Puck's Orpine, Granite Stonecrop, Dwarf Stonecrop )
• Senecio millefolium ( Blue Ridge Golden Ragwort )
• Shortia galacifolia ( Oconee Bells, One-flower Coltsfoot, Shortia )
• Silene polypetala ( Fringed Campion )
• Silene regia ( Royal Catchfly )
• Spiranthes magnicamporum ( Great Plains Ladies-tresses )
• Spiraea virginiana ( Virginia Spirea )
• Stewartia malacodendron ( Silky Camellia )
• Stylisma pickeringii ( Pickering Morning-glory, Pickering Dawnflower )
• Thalictrum cooleyi ( Cooley Meadowrue, Savanna Meadowrue )
• Thalictrum debile ( Trailing Meadowrue )
• Tillandsia recurvata ( Ball-moss, Bunch-moss )
• Torreya taxifolia ( Florida Torreya, Gopherwood, Stinking-cedar )
• Trientalis borealis ( Starflower )
• Trillium persistens ( Persistent Trillium, Persistent Wake-robin )
• Trillium reliquum ( Relict Trillium, Relict Toadshade )
• Veratrum woodii ( Ozark Bunchflower, Wood's False Hellebore )
• Viburnum bracteatum ( Limerock Arrow-wood )
• Waldsteinia lobata ( Piedmont Barren Strawberry )
• Xerophyllum asphodeloides ( Eastern Turkeybeard, Beargrass, Mountain Asphodel )
• Xyris tennesseensis ( Tennessee Yellow-eyed Grass )