Native plants · Mississippi

Native plants of Issaquena County

66 plant species are recorded as native to Mississippi in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Issaquena County by USDA PLANTS. 30 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness.

County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Issaquena County, Mississippi

Native species: 66 Typical Mississippi county: 241 (median of 82 counties)
Garden-ready natives: 30 Typical Mississippi county: 116
Share by type (all 66 native species): Percent of the 66 native species in each growth type

Tree 17% (11)
Shrub 2% (1)
Wildflower (forb) 56% (37)
Grass or grass-like 12% (8)
Vine 14% (9)

Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (56%), followed by trees (17%).

Recorded native ranges can include long-established populations that spread from gardens; check your state’s native plant society list for local guidance. How native status is decided.

ZIP codes mainly in this county fall in USDA hardiness zone 8b (2023 map).

The native plant list

Garden-ready natives 30

Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.

Garden-ready native plants of Issaquena County, Mississippi
Plant	Type	Height	Light	Water use	Hardy to
Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis	Wildflower (forb)	5 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 12b
Carolina elephantsfoot Elephantopus carolinianus	Wildflower (forb)	2.7 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 6a
catbird grape Vitis palmata	Vine	30 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 6a
eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides	Tree	190 ft	Sun	High	Zone 3a
eastern swampprivet Forestiera acuminata	Tree	33 ft	Shade-tolerant	High	Zone 5b
groundnut Apios americana	Vine	1 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 5a
hairy white oldfield aster Symphyotrichum pilosum	Wildflower (forb)	3 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 4a
halberdleaf rosemallow Hibiscus laevis	Wildflower (forb)	8 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 6a
honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos	Tree	70 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 3b
Illinois bundleflower Desmanthus illinoensis	Wildflower (forb)	3 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 5b
little barley Hordeum pusillum	Grass or grass-like	1.2 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 10b
littleleaf buttercup Ranunculus abortivus	Wildflower (forb)	2.8 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 3a
peppervine Nekemias arborea	Vine	1 in	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 6a
Philadelphia fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus	Wildflower (forb)	2.8 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 4b
planertree Planera aquatica	Tree	50 ft	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 7a
prairie wedgescale Sphenopholis obtusata	Grass or grass-like	3.2 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 3a
red maple Acer rubrum	Tree	68 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 2b
roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummondii	Tree	20 ft	Sun–part shade	Low	Zone 4b
roundleaf greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia	Vine	1 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 4a
shortbristle horned beaksedge Rhynchospora corniculata	Grass or grass-like	6.6 ft	Sun	Medium	Zone 6a
silky dogwood Cornus amomum	Shrub	10 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 3b
silver maple Acer saccharinum	Tree	90 ft	Sun–part shade	Medium	Zone 2b
Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides	Vine	—	Shade-tolerant	Medium	Zone 9b
stalkless yellowcress Rorippa sessiliflora	Wildflower (forb)	1.5 ft	Sun–part shade	High	Zone 12b
sugarberry Celtis laevigata	Tree	80 ft	Shade-tolerant	High	Zone 5a
sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua	Tree	100 ft	Sun	High	Zone 5a
two-wing silverbell Halesia diptera	Tree	15 ft	Sun–part shade	—	Zone 8a
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Vine	1 ft	Sun–part shade	Low	Zone 4b
willow oak Quercus phellos	Tree	100 ft	Sun	High	Zone 5a
yellow passionflower Passiflora lutea	Vine	16 ft	Shade-tolerant	Low	Zone 5a

Other native species recorded here 36

PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.

Alabama supplejack Berchemia scandens
Amazon sprangletop Leptochloa panicoides
American wild carrot Daucus pusillus
annual marsh elder Iva annua
beaked cornsalad Valerianella radiata
bigbract verbena Verbena bracteata
camphor pluchea Pluchea camphorata
camphorweed Heterotheca subaxillaris
Carolina canarygrass Phalaris caroliniana
Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
clasping Venus' looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata
creeping burhead Echinodorus cordifolius
cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
eastern bluestar Amsonia tabernaemontana
eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
giant ironweed Vernonia gigantea
great ragweed Ambrosia trifida
hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
hogwort Croton capitatus
largeseed forget-me-not Myosotis macrosperma
lateflowering thoroughwort Eupatorium serotinum
longleaf groundcherry Physalis longifolia
marsh bristlegrass Setaria parviflora
neckweed Veronica peregrina
Pennsylvania pellitory Parietaria pensylvanica
sandpaper vervain Verbena scabra
sixweeks fescue Vulpia octoflora
smooth false buttonweed Spermacoce glabra
Texas vervain Verbena halei
Vahl's fimbry Fimbristylis vahlii
violet woodsorrel Oxalis violacea
Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana
Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
white vervain Verbena urticifolia
yellow thistle Cirsium horridulum
yellowseed false pimpernel Lindernia dubia

Compared with Mississippi

The typical county is the median of the 82 Mississippi counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.

Native species counts, Issaquena County and Mississippi
Measure	Issaquena County	Typical county	Statewide
Native species	66	241	1,473
Garden-ready natives	30	116	528
Tree	11	—	164
Shrub	1	—	63
Wildflower (forb)	37	—	770
Grass or grass-like	8	—	358
Vine	9	—	72
Fern	0	—	46

Neighboring counties

Counties that share a ZIP code with Issaquena County.

Sharkey County, MS 90 garden-ready
Warren County, MS 102 garden-ready
Washington County, MS 220 garden-ready

Source & data date

Source: USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).; Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.; USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
Citation: USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.; Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
Data date: Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
Zones: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
Scope: Issaquena County (county FIPS 28055), Mississippi. 66 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
Method: A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources

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