{"id":22456,"date":"2020-06-02T20:34:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T00:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gnps.org\/?p=22456"},"modified":"2020-12-02T21:11:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T02:11:22","slug":"june-2020-whats-a-georgia-native","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnps.org\/june-2020-whats-a-georgia-native\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2020: What’s a Georgia Native?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ellen Honeycutt<\/em><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m gearing up to write an article about beardtongues (Penstemon<\/em> sp.) for my blog and that usually entails some research about the plants I\u2019m mentioning. One type of research that I do is to check the natural range of the plant. I use the USDA Plants Database site<\/a> as well as the Biota of North America Program (BONAP) site<\/a>; both of those offer county level information. And if I\u2019m really unsure after checking those, I check the range maps in Weakley\u2019s Flora (also available in the recent Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast book<\/a>).<\/p>\n

When I was researching foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis<\/em>), I realized that\u2014as popular as it is in Georgia gardens, including mine\u2014the species does not have county records for native presence. I have an earlier blog that explains how to find the county level data in USDA, so if you\u2019re not familiar with how to do it, check that explanation out here<\/a>. There are 10 species of Penstemon<\/em> shown for Georgia; USDA shades Georgia green to indicate that P. digitalis<\/em>,\u00a0 P. calycosus<\/em>, and P. laxiflorus<\/em> might be found here; 7 other species have confirmed records (per USDA).<\/p>\n

When we\u2019re choosing plants to put in our Georgia gardens, it\u2019s helpful to know what you\u2019re getting: is it a Georgia native or not? We might choose to use it anyway. Foxglove beardtongue is a southeastern US native and certainly has plenty of relatives here so the likelihood that native insects use and benefit from it is strong. The Xerces Society rates Penstemon<\/em> in general as a strong support plant for pollinators<\/a>. In this late spring season, P. digitalis<\/em> starts blooming in my garden just as P. smallii<\/em> is finishing, providing a continuation of floral resources for native bumblebees.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re choosing plants for your Georgia garden, consider researching whether they really are a Georgia native (not to mention are they native to your Georgia region, a topic for another issue!). With answers in hand, you can make an informed decision on using it.<\/p>\n

[The opinion on preferred use of only species native to Georgia is the author\u2019s own. There is ongoing debate about the merits of using species from adjoining regions under certain circumstances.]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Left: Penstemon digitalis<\/em>, with natural burgundy-colored variation often called ‘Husker Red.’ Right: Penstemon digitalis<\/em>, original species color.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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