Natural history of Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia's native trees include red cedar, a variety of pines, oaks, maples, palms, sweetgum, scaly-bark and white hickories, as well as many others.

[1] Georgia's approximately 250 tree species include red cedars and a medium-sized evergreen.

[3] Most of central and south Georgia house the longleaf pine, a tree which can grow in excess of 100 feet (30 m) in height.

[7] The eastern diamondback, copperhead, and cottonmouth as well as salamanders, frogs, and toads are among 79 species of reptile and 63 amphibians that make Georgia their home.

The most popular freshwater game fish are trout, bream, bass, and catfish, all but the last of which are produced in state hatcheries for restocking.

Dolphins, porpoises, whales, shrimp, oysters, and blue crabs are found off the coast.

[10] Some of the amphibians and reptiles that are native to Georgia are the Pigeon Mountain salamander, the bullfrog, the loggerhead sea turtle and the rat snake.