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