Mississippi
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Mississippi.
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Thumb | Species | Characteristics |
 | Acer negundo Ash-leaf maple, Ash-leaved maple, Box elder, Boxelder, Fresno de guajuco | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist |
 | Acer rubrum var. drummondii Drummond's maple, Drummond red maple, Swamp maple | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Achillea millefolium Common yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil, Western yarrow | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Aesculus pavia Scarlet Buckeye, Red buckeye, Firecracker plant | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Amelanchier arborea Common serviceberry, Downy serviceberry, Shadbush, Juneberry | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Amsonia tabernaemontana Eastern bluestar, Blue dogbane, Willow amsonia, Woodland bluestar | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Andropogon gerardii Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Aquilegia canadensis Eastern red columbine, Wild red columbine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Aralia spinosa Devil's walkingstick, Devil’s walking-stick, Prickly Ash, Hercules club, Angelica tree | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Asclepias lanceolata Fewflower milkweed, Few-flower milkweed, Red milkweed | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet |
 | Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed, Butterfly milkweed, Orange milkweed, Pleurisy root | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Asimina parviflora Smallflower pawpaw, Small-flower pawpaw, Dwarf pawpaw | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: |
 | Asimina triloba Pawpaw, Common paw paw, Indian banana | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Asplenium platyneuron Ebony spleenwort | Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Athyrium filix-femina Common ladyfern, Lady fern, Ladyfern, Subarctic lady fern | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Betula nigra River birch, Red birch | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Bignonia capreolata Crossvine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama | Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Callicarpa americana American beautyberry, French mulberry | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Callirhoe papaver Woodland Poppy-mallow, Woodland poppymallow | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Water: |
 | Calycanthus floridus Eastern sweetshrub, Carolina allspice, Sweet shrub | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Campsis radicans Trumpet creeper, Trumpet vine, Common trumpet creeper, Cow vine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Carpinus caroliniana American hornbeam, Blue beech, Musclewood, Ironwood | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Carya glabra Pignut hickory | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Carya illinoinensis Pecan | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist |
 | Catalpa bignonioides Southern catalpa, Cigar tree, Indian bean | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud, Redbud | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Chionanthus virginicus White fringetree, Fringe tree, Grancy Graybeard | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Cliftonia monophylla Buckwheat tree, Buckwheat bush | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Wet |
 | Commelina erecta Whitemouth dayflower, Widow's tears, Day flower, White-mouth dayflower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Conoclinium coelestinum Blue mistflower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf coreopsis, Lanceleaf tickseed, Lance-leaved coreopsis, Sand coreopsis | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Coreopsis tinctoria Plains coreopsis, Golden tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Cornus drummondii Roughleaf dogwood, Drummond's dogwood, Rough-leaf dogwood | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Cornus florida Flowering dogwood, Virginia dogwood | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Crataegus opaca Mayhaw, Riverflat hawthorn, Western mayhaw | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Crinum americanum Crinum lily, Seven sisters, Swamp lily, Southern swamp lily, String lily | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Cyrilla racemiflora Swamp titi, Titi, Leatherwood, Swamp cyrilla, Palo colorado | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Delphinium carolinianum Carolina larkspur, Blue larkspur, Prairie larkspur, Espuela del caballero | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Diospyros virginiana Common persimmon, Eastern persimmon | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Dracopis amplexicaulis Clasping coneflower, Clasping-leaf coneflower | Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower, Pale coneflower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Echinacea purpurea Eastern purple coneflower, Purple coneflower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus Trumpetweed, Queen of the meadow, Hollow Joe-pye weed, Joe-pye weed | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Fagus grandifolia American beech | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Forestiera acuminata Eastern swamp-privet, Eastern swampprivet | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Fothergilla major Mountain witchalder, Mountain witch-alder, Large fothergilla | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: |
 | Frangula caroliniana Carolina buckthorn, Carolina false buckthorn, Indian cherry | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash, Red ash | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
 | Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel, Indian Blanket | Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Gaylussacia dumosa Dwarf huckleberry | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: |
 | Gelsemium sempervirens Carolina jessamine, Yellow jessamine, Evening trumpetflower, Poor man's rope | Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Gentiana saponaria Harvestbells, Soapwort gentian | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: |
 | Glandularia canadensis Rose vervain, Sweet william, Rose mock vervain | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Gleditsia triacanthos Honey locust, Common Honey-locust, Honey-locust, Thornless common honey-locust, Honey shucks | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Gordonia lasianthus Gordonia, Loblolly bay | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist |
 | Halesia diptera Two-wing silverbell, Silver bell, Two-winged silverbell, Snowdrop tree, American snowdrop tree | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Hamamelis virginiana Witch hazel, American witch hazel | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Helianthus angustifolius Swamp sunflower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Hibiscus coccineus Scarlet rose-mallow, Scarlet rosemallow, Texas star hibiscus, Wild red mallow | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet |
 | Hydrangea arborescens Wild hydrangea, Sevenbark | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea, Oak-leaf hydrangea | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: Moist |
 | Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides St. Andrew's cross | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: |
 | Ilex decidua Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Winterberry, Deciduous yaupon | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Ilex opaca American holly, Christmas holly | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Dry |
 | Ilex vomitoria Yaupon, Yaupon holly, Cassina | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Ipomopsis rubra Standing cypress, Texas plume, Red Texas star, Red gilia | Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Iris brevicaulis Zigzag iris | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Iris fulva Copper iris, Red iris | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Iris giganticaerulea Blue flag, Giant blue iris | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Iris virginica Virginia iris, Great Blue Flag | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet |
 | Itea virginica Virginia sweetspire, Tassel-white | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Juglans nigra Black walnut, Eastern black walnut | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Juniperus virginiana Eastern red cedar, Eastern redcedar, Virginia juniper | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Kosteletzkya virginica Virginia saltmarsh mallow, Virginia fen-rose, Seashore mallow, Salt Marsh-mallow | Duration: Perennial Habit: Subshrub Light: Sun Water: Moist |
 | Leucothoe axillaris Coastal doghobble, Coast leucothoe | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Liatris elegans Blazing star, Gay feather, Pink-scale gayfeather, Pinkscale blazing star | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
 | Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star, Kansas Ggayfeather, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Hairy Button-snakeroot | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Liatris squarrosa Blazing star, Scaly blazing star, Scaly gayfeather | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
 | Lilium michauxii Carolina lily | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Lindera benzoin Northern spicebush, Spicebush | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
 | Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum, American sweetgum | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Lobelia siphilitica Great blue lobelia | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Lonicera sempervirens Coral honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Woodbine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Malus angustifolia Southern crabapple, Wild crabapple | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Monarda citriodora Lemon beebalm, Horsemint, Purple horsemint, Lemon mint, Plains horsemint, Lemon horsemint | Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Monarda fistulosa Wild bergamot, Beebalm | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Monarda punctata Spotted beebalm, Spotted horsemint, Horsemint | Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
 | Morella cerifera Wax myrtle, Southern bayberry, Candleberry | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Oenothera speciosa Pink evening primrose, Showy evening primrose, Mexican evening primrose, Showy primrose, Pink ladies, Buttercups, Pink buttercups | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Osmanthus americanus Devilwood, Wild olive | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Osmunda regalis Royal fern | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
 | Ostrya virginiana Eastern hop-hornbeam, Hophornbeam, Ironwood | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Oxydendrum arboreum Sourwood, Sorrel tree | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: |
 | Panicum virgatum Switchgrass, Wand panic grass | Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper | Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Penstemon digitalis Mississippi penstemon, Smooth white beardtongue, Talus slope penstemon, Foxglove beardtongue | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
 | Phlox divaricata Wild blue phlox, Louisiana phlox, Blue woodland phlox, Sweet william, Wild sweet william | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Phlox pilosa Downy phlox, Prairie phlox, Fragrant phlox | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Photinia pyrifolia Red chokeberry, Red chokecherry | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist |
 | Pinus echinata Shortleaf pine, Yellow pine, Spruce pine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Pinus elliottii Slash pine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Pinus glabra Spruce pine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Pinus palustris Longleaf pine, Georgia pine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry |
 | Pinus taeda Loblolly pine, Old field pine, Bull pine, Rosemary pine | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Platanus occidentalis American sycamore, Buttonwood, Plane-tree, Sycamore | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern | Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Prunus angustifolia Chickasaw plum, Sandhill plum | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Prunus mexicana Mexican plum, Bigtree plum | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Prunus serotina Black cherry, Rum cherry | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Quercus alba White oak, Northern white oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Quercus falcata Southern red oak, Spanish oak | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Quercus nigra Water oak | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Quercus phellos Willow oak | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Quercus shumardii Shumard oak, Shumard's oak, Shumard red oak, Southern red oak | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Quercus stellata Post oak | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Quercus virginiana Coastal live oak, Southern live oak, Live oak | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat, Prairie coneflower, Upright prairie coneflower, Red-spike mexican-hat, Long-headed coneflower, Thimbleflower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Rhododendron austrinum Orange azalea, Florida azalea, Yellow azalea | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Rhododendron canescens Mountain azalea, Wild azalea, Honeysuckle azalea, Piedmont azalea, Sweet azalea, Hoary azalea, Southern pinxterflower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Rhus glabra Smooth sumac | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Robinia pseudoacacia Black locust, Honey locust | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan | Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Rudbeckia laciniata Cutleaf coneflower, Green-head coneflower, Cut-leaf coneflower | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Salvia azurea Pitcher sage, Big blue sage, Azure sage, Giant blue sage, Blue sage | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis Common elderberry, Black elder, Mexican elderberry, Common elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
 | Sassafras albidum Sassafras | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Spartina patens Marsh-hay cord grass, Salt-meadow cord grass, Saltmeadow cordgrass | Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet |
 | Spigelia marilandica Woodland pinkroot, Pinkroot, Indian pink, Spigelia | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Stewartia malacodendron Silky camellia, Virginia stewartia | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: |
 | Stokesia laevis Stokes aster | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Coralberry, Indian currant, Buckbrush | Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Taxodium distichum Bald cypress, Baldcypress, Common bald cypress, Southern bald cypress, Deciduous cypress | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Tilia americana American basswood, American linden, Lime tree, Bee tree | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
 | Trifolium reflexum Buffalo clover | Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
 | Ulmus alata Winged elm, Wahoo | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Ulmus americana American elm, White elm | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Ulmus crassifolia Cedar elm, Fall elm, Olmo | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Vaccinium arboreum Farkleberry, Tree sparkleberry, Sparkleberry | Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Viola pedata Birdfoot violet, Bird’s-foot violet, Bird-foot violet | Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
 | Wisteria frutescens American wisteria, Texas wisteria, Kentucky wisteria | Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
 | Yucca aloifolia Aloe yucca, Spanish dagger | Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun Water: Dry |