Native Mississippi Plants

Mississippi Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Mississippi.
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 Gayfeather, 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