Native plants · Mississippi
Native plants of Stone County
326 plant species are recorded as native to Mississippi in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Stone County by USDA PLANTS. 144 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 1 more species is listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.
County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP
Stone County, Mississippi
- Native species
- 326 Typical Mississippi county: 241 (median of 82 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 144 Typical Mississippi county: 116
- Share by type (all 326 native species)
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Percent of the 326 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (47%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (22%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 144
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American beautyberry Callicarpa americana | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 6b |
| American beech Fagus grandifolia | Tree | 80 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| American holly Ilex opaca | Tree | 40 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| American pokeweed Phytolacca americana | Wildflower (forb) | 7.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| American snowbell Styrax americanus | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 5b |
| American witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana | Tree | 20 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| Atlantic white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides | Tree | 50 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3b |
| bald cypress Taxodium distichum | Tree | 130 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5b |
| bedstraw St. Johnswort Hypericum galioides | Shrub | 2.5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| big bluestem Andropogon gerardii | Grass or grass-like | 6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 2b |
| bigleaf snowbell Styrax grandifolius | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 4b |
| black cherry Prunus serotina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| blackgum Nyssa sylvatica | Tree | 95 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| blackjack oak Quercus marilandica | Tree | 25 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| bog rush Juncus biflorus | Grass or grass-like | 3.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| broadleaf rosette grass Dichanthelium latifolium | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 3a |
| broomsedge bluestem Andropogon virginicus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5b |
| bursting-heart Euonymus americanus | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12b |
| Canadian lousewort Pedicularis canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 1.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| Carolina redroot Lachnanthes caroliana | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8b |
| Carolina silverbell Halesia carolina | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| cat greenbrier Smilax glauca | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea | Fern | 4.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| climbing hempvine Mikania scandens | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| coastal doghobble Leucothoe axillaris | Shrub | 6.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 7b |
| coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia | Shrub | 16 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| comfortroot Hibiscus aculeatus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8b |
| common blue violet Viola sororia | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| common goldstar Hypoxis hirsuta | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| common persimmon Diospyros virginiana | Tree | 55 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| common rush Juncus effusus | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| coral greenbrier Smilax walteri | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 6b |
| cypress swamp sedge Carex joorii | Grass or grass-like | 4.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 7a |
| deerberry Vaccinium stamineum | Shrub | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| dense blazing star Liatris spicata | Wildflower (forb) | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5b |
| devil's walkingstick Aralia spinosa | Tree | 20 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa | Shrub | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| dwarf St. Johnswort Hypericum mutilum | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5a |
| eastern baccharis Baccharis halimifolia | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 7a |
| Elliott's blueberry Vaccinium elliottii | Shrub | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum | Tree | 28 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| fetterbush lyonia Lyonia lucida | Shrub | 6.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7b |
| flowering dogwood Cornus florida | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| fragrant flatsedge Cyperus odoratus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11b |
| fringeleaf wild petunia Ruellia humilis | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4a |
| giant cane Arundinaria gigantea | Shrub | 25 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| giant goldenrod Solidago gigantea | Wildflower (forb) | 8.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| grassleaf rush Juncus marginatus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5a |
| greater bladder sedge Carex intumescens | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| groundnut Apios americana | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| Gulf Sebastian-bush Ditrysinia fruticosa | Shrub | 12 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| hairawn muhly Muhlenbergia capillaris | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 8a |
| hairy lespedeza Lespedeza hirta | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| hairy white oldfield aster Symphyotrichum pilosum | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| inkberry Ilex glabra | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 6a |
| lanceleaf greenbrier Smilax smallii | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6b |
| large gallberry Ilex coriacea | Tree | 12 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| late purple aster Symphyotrichum patens | Wildflower (forb) | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| laurel greenbrier Smilax laurifolia | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 6b |
| laurel oak Quercus laurifolia | Tree | 70 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| little barley Hordeum pusillum | Grass or grass-like | 1.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus | Tree | 65 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 7a |
| loblolly pine Pinus taeda | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | High | Zone 6b |
| longleaf pine Pinus palustris | Tree | 120 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| longleaf woodoats Chasmanthium sessiliflorum | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa | Tree | 85 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| mountain azalea Rhododendron canescens | Shrub | 14 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia | Tree | 6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| muscadine Vitis rotundifolia | Vine | 30 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5b |
| narrowleaf blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| narrowleaf silkgrass Pityopsis graminifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| needleleaf rosette grass Dichanthelium aciculare | Grass or grass-like | 1.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 7b |
| New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus | Shrub | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 4b |
| orangegrass Hypericum gentianoides | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 12a |
| parsley hawthorn Crataegus marshallii | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| possumhaw Viburnum nudum | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| post oak Quercus stellata | Tree | 60 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis | Grass or grass-like | 11 in | Sun | Low | Zone 3a |
| purpletop tridens Tridens flavus | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia | Shrub | 5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5b |
| red maple Acer rubrum | Tree | 68 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| redtop panicgrass Panicum rigidulum | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| river birch Betula nigra | Tree | 70 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| roundhead lespedeza Lespedeza capitata | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| roundleaf goldenrod Solidago patula | Wildflower (forb) | 6.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| sarvis holly Ilex amelanchier | Tree | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 8b |
| sassafras Sassafras albidum | Tree | 75 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox | Vine | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| saw palmetto Serenoa repens | Tree | 7 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| shallow sedge Carex lurida | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| shortbeard plumegrass Saccharum brevibarbe | Grass or grass-like | 6.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6b |
| shortbristle horned beaksedge Rhynchospora corniculata | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| shortleaf pine Pinus echinata | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5b |
| slash pine Pinus elliottii | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5b |
| slender little bluestem Schizachyrium tenerum | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8b |
| slender woodoats Chasmanthium laxum | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| smallfruit beggarticks Bidens mitis | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12b |
| smooth phlox Phlox glaberrima | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum | Tree | 35 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| southern bayberry Morella caroliniensis | Tree | 7 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| southern red oak Quercus falcata | Tree | 75 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6a |
| southern waxy sedge Carex glaucescens | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 6a |
| Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides | Vine | — | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 9b |
| splitbeard bluestem Andropogon ternarius | Grass or grass-like | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| spruce pine Pinus glabra | Tree | 90 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| St. Peterswort Hypericum crux-andreae | Shrub | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6b |
| sugarcane plumegrass Saccharum giganteum | Grass or grass-like | 9.8 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| swamp azalea Rhododendron viscosum | Shrub | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| swamp smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 6b |
| swamp tupelo Nyssa biflora | Tree | 115 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5b |
| sweetbay Magnolia virginiana | Tree | 60 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 9a |
| sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| switchgrass Panicum virgatum | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3a |
| taperleaf water horehound Lycopus rubellus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| tenangle pipewort Eriocaulon decangulare | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6b |
| three-way sedge Dulichium arundinaceum | Grass or grass-like | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| trumpetweed Eutrochium fistulosum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera | Tree | 120 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5b |
| turkey oak Quercus laevis | Tree | 40 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| two-wing silverbell Halesia diptera | Tree | 15 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 8a |
| variable panicgrass Dichanthelium commutatum | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| velvet panicum Dichanthelium scoparium | Grass or grass-like | 4.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3b |
| Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Vine | 1 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| water oak Quercus nigra | Tree | 90 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| waterthread pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| wax myrtle Morella cerifera | Tree | 10 ft | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| white oak Quercus alba | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| wild blue phlox Phlox divaricata | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| winged sumac Rhus copallinum | Tree | 8 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| woolly rosette grass Dichanthelium scabriusculum | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| wrinkleleaf goldenrod Solidago rugosa | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4a |
| yaupon Ilex vomitoria | Tree | 25 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 8a |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 182
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.
Hidden while “Garden-ready only” is on.
- Adam's needle Yucca filamentosa
- American bluehearts Buchnera americana
- American white waterlily Nymphaea odorata
- anisescented goldenrod Solidago odora
- arrowfeather threeawn Aristida purpurascens
- Atlantic pigeonwings Clitoria mariana
- Atlantic poison oak Toxicodendron pubescens
- axilflower Mecardonia acuminata
- azure blue sage Salvia azurea
- beaked cornsalad Valerianella radiata
- beaked panicgrass Panicum anceps
- bigleaf magnolia Magnolia macrophylla
- blood panicgrass Dichanthelium consanguineum
- broad beechfern Phegopteris hexagonoptera
- bulltongue arrowhead Sagittaria lancifolia
- bunched beaksedge Rhynchospora cephalantha
- button eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium
- camphor pluchea Pluchea camphorata
- Canada toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
- Canby's bulrush Schoenoplectus etuberculatus
- Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
- Carolina wild petunia Ruellia caroliniensis
- chinquapin Castanea pumila
- Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides
- clasping Venus' looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata
- clustered beaksedge Rhynchospora glomerata
- coastal false asphodel Triantha racemosa
- coastal lovegrass Eragrostis refracta
- coastal plain panicgrass Dichanthelium longiligulatum
- coastal sedge Carex exilis
- combleaf mermaidweed Proserpinaca pectinata
- common boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
- common carpetgrass Axonopus fissifolius
- compact dodder Cuscuta compacta
- cone-cup spikerush Eleocharis tuberculosa
- creeping lespedeza Lespedeza repens
- crested yellow orchid Platanthera cristata
- crossvine Bignonia capreolata
- cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
- cutleaf groundcherry Physalis angulata
- cypress panicgrass Dichanthelium dichotomum
- darkgreen sedge Carex venusta
- devil's grandmother Elephantopus tomentosus
- dogfennel Eupatorium capillifolium
- downy danthonia Danthonia sericea
- downy lobelia Lobelia puberula
- downy phlox Phlox pilosa
- drumheads Polygala cruciata
- early St. Johnswort Hypericum nudiflorum
- eastern blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium atlanticum
- eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
- eastern silver aster Symphyotrichum concolor
- Eaton's rosette grass Dichanthelium spretum
- Elliott's bluestem Andropogon gyrans
- erect centella Centella erecta
- fairywand Chamaelirium luteum
- false aloe Manfreda virginica
- fewflower milkweed Asclepias lanceolata
- fewflower nutrush Scleria pauciflora
- field lovegrass Eragrostis elliottii
- flattened pipewort Eriocaulon compressum
- Florida paspalum Paspalum floridanum
- Florida yellow flax Linum floridanum
- flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata
- flypoison Amianthium muscitoxicum
- foxtail clubmoss Lycopodiella alopecuroides
- fringed nutrush Scleria ciliata
- fringed yelloweyed grass Xyris fimbriata
- giant ironweed Vernonia gigantea
- globe beaksedge Rhynchospora recognita
- globe flatsedge Cyperus echinatus
- golden zizia Zizia aurea
- goldenclub Orontium aquaticum
- grassleaf lettuce Lactuca graminifolia
- greater tickseed Coreopsis major
- green comet milkweed Asclepias viridiflora
- greenvein lady's tresses Spiranthes praecox
- hairy bedstraw Galium pilosum
- hairy fimbry Fimbristylis puberula
- hairy pinweed Lechea mucronata
- hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil Desmodium ciliare
- hairy umbrella-sedge Fuirena squarrosa
- hairyfruit chervil Chaerophyllum tainturieri
- handsome Harry Rhexia virginica
- heartleaf skullcap Scutellaria ovata
- hogwort Croton capitatus
- humped bladderwort Utricularia gibba
- hyssopleaf thoroughwort Eupatorium hyssopifolium
- juniper leaf Polypremum procumbens
- justiceweed Eupatorium leucolepis
- largeleaf grass of Parnassus Parnassia grandifolia
- lesser snakeroot Ageratina aromatica
- longleaf milkweed Asclepias longifolia
- loosehead beaksedge Rhynchospora chalarocephala
- Louisiana sedge Carex louisianica
- Maryland goldenaster Chrysopsis mariana
- Maryland meadowbeauty Rhexia mariana
- Maryland milkwort Polygala mariana
- Muehlenberg's nutrush Scleria muehlenbergii
- narrowleaf mountainmint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
- narrowleaf pinweed Lechea tenuifolia
- narrowleaf whitetop aster Sericocarpus linifolius
- neckweed Veronica peregrina
- netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
- netted nutrush Scleria reticularis
- nits and lice Hypericum drummondii
- nodding beaksedge Rhynchospora inexpansa
- Nuttall's milkwort Polygala nuttallii
- palespike lobelia Lobelia spicata
- parasol whitetop Doellingeria umbellata
- pineywoods dropseed Sporobolus junceus
- pink fuzzybean Strophostyles umbellata
- pink sundew Drosera capillaris
- poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix
- poorjoe Diodia teres
- procession flower Polygala incarnata
- queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
- queendevil Hieracium gronovii
- red milkweed Asclepias rubra
- rice button aster Symphyotrichum dumosum
- Richard's yelloweyed grass Xyris jupicai
- rosepink Sabatia angularis
- roundleaf thoroughwort Eupatorium rotundifolium
- roundseed panicgrass Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
- sensitive partridge pea Chamaecrista nictitans
- shaggy hedgehyssop Gratiola pilosa
- shiny wedgescale Sphenopholis nitida
- sidebeak pencilflower Stylosanthes biflora
- slender beaksedge Rhynchospora gracilenta
- slender clubmoss Lycopodiella caroliniana
- slender goldentop Euthamia caroliniana
- slender Indiangrass Sorghastrum elliottii
- slender rose gentian Sabatia campanulata
- slender threeseed mercury Acalypha gracilens
- slimspike threeawn Aristida longespica
- small green wood orchid Platanthera clavellata
- smallflower thoroughwort Eupatorium semiserratum
- smallfruit spikerush Eleocharis microcarpa
- smallhead doll's daisy Boltonia diffusa
- snakemouth orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides
- southern bladderwort Utricularia juncea
- southern dewberry Rubus trivialis
- southern whitetop Doellingeria sericocarpoides
- spiked crested coralroot Hexalectris spicata
- spindleroot Ludwigia hirtella
- spoonleaf purple everlasting Gamochaeta purpurea
- spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia
- spurred butterfly pea Centrosema virginianum
- St. Andrew's cross Hypericum hypericoides
- stiff cowbane Oxypolis rigidior
- stiff yellow flax Linum medium
- stinking camphorweed Pluchea foetida
- striped gentian Gentiana villosa
- tall lespedeza Lespedeza stuevei
- tapered rosette grass Dichanthelium acuminatum
- tenlobe false foxglove Agalinis obtusifolia
- Texas star Sabatia campestris
- thin paspalum Paspalum setaceum
- thymeleaf pinweed Lechea minor
- tuberous grasspink Calopogon tuberosus
- twining screwstem Bartonia paniculata
- Viola ×primulifolia Viola ×primulifolia
- Virginia bunchflower Veratrum virginicum
- Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana
- Virginia groundcherry Physalis virginiana
- Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
- Virginia plantain Plantago virginica
- Virginia tephrosia Tephrosia virginiana
- warty panicgrass Panicum verrucosum
- watershield Brasenia schreberi
- wavyleaf aster Symphyotrichum undulatum
- whip nutrush Scleria triglomerata
- white colicroot Aletris farinosa
- white thoroughwort Eupatorium album
- whorled milkwort Polygala verticillata
- wild Job's tears Onosmodium virginianum
- woollysheath threeawn Aristida lanosa
- yankeeweed Eupatorium compositifolium
- yellow fringed orchid Platanthera ciliaris
- yellow screwstem Bartonia virginica
- yellow thistle Cirsium horridulum
- zigzag bladderwort Utricularia subulata
Also listed as native and introduced here 1
PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.
- annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
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.
| Measure | Stone County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 326 | 241 | 1,473 |
| Garden-ready natives | 144 | 116 | 528 |
| Tree | 54 | — | 164 |
| Shrub | 21 | — | 63 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 154 | — | 770 |
| Grass or grass-like | 73 | — | 358 |
| Vine | 18 | — | 72 |
| Fern | 6 | — | 46 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Stone County.
- Forrest County, MS 246 garden-ready
- George County, MS 126 garden-ready
- Hancock County, MS 185 garden-ready
- Harrison County, MS 210 garden-ready
- Jackson County, MS 249 garden-ready
- Lamar County, MS 132 garden-ready
- Pearl River County, MS 163 garden-ready
- Perry County, MS 147 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
- Stone County (county FIPS 28131), Mississippi. 326 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