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Native plants of Mississippi

1,473 species are recorded as native to Mississippi in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS and recorded in the state by USDA PLANTS, 528 of them with growing traits. County lists cover 82 of the state’s 82 counties; the typical county has 241.

State summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP

Mississippi at a glance

Native species statewide
1,473 Of 2,337 species Kew’s World Checklist records as native to Mississippi (before this site’s scope)
Garden-ready natives
528 With PLANTS growing records
Typical county
241 Median native species per county; 116 garden-ready
Share by type (all 1,473 native species)
Percent of the 1,473 native species in each growth type
Tree 11% (164)
Shrub 4% (63)
Wildflower (forb) 52% (770)
Grass or grass-like 24% (358)
Vine 5% (72)
Fern 3% (46)

Wildflowers: 770 · grasses and grass-like: 358 · trees: 164 · shrubs: 63 · vines: 72 · ferns: 46.

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.

Native plants by county

82 Mississippi counties with PLANTS county records
CountyNative speciesGarden-readyHardiness zones
Adams County 221 114 8b
Alcorn County 175 81 7b–8a
Amite County 333 165 8b
Attala County 210 94 8a–8b
Benton County 223 116 7b
Bolivar County 168 90 8b
Calhoun County 191 90 8a
Carroll County 222 101 8a
Chickasaw County 251 100 8a
Choctaw County 174 90 8a
Claiborne County 116 75 8b
Clarke County 333 148 8b
Clay County 236 105 8a
Coahoma County 128 60 8a–8b
Copiah County 215 116 8b
Covington County 239 115 8b
DeSoto County 356 182 8a
Forrest County 624 246 8b
Franklin County 241 125 8b
George County 242 126 8b
Greene County 260 128 8b
Grenada County 198 102 8a
Hancock County 391 185 9a
Harrison County 457 210 9a
Hinds County 456 222 8b
Holmes County 234 130 8a–8b
Humphreys County 92 46 8b
Issaquena County 66 30 8b
Itawamba County 190 95 8a
Jackson County 527 249 9a
Jasper County 365 189 8b
Jefferson County 209 111 8b
Jefferson Davis County 197 82 8b
Jones County 288 142 8b
Kemper County 320 156 8b
Lafayette County 610 263 7b–8a
Lamar County 349 132 8b
Lauderdale County 404 178 8b
Lawrence County 201 107 8b
Leake County 210 108 8b
Lee County 429 172 8a
Leflore County 252 132 8b
Lincoln County 146 71 8b
Lowndes County 124 46 8a–8b
Madison County 307 172 8b
Marion County 252 121 8b–9a
Marshall County 388 166 7b–8a
Monroe County 248 102 8a
Montgomery County 204 99 8a
Neshoba County 114 50 8b
Newton County 282 145 8b
Noxubee County 351 145 8b
Oktibbeha County 172 64 8a
Panola County 252 131 8a
Pearl River County 374 163 9a
Perry County 339 147 8b
Pike County 304 154 8b
Pontotoc County 425 179 8a
Prentiss County 150 58 8a
Quitman County 125 69 8a–8b
Rankin County 259 139 8b
Scott County 473 219 8b
Sharkey County 156 90 8b
Simpson County 241 113 8b
Smith County 446 214 8b
Stone County 326 144 8b–9a
Sunflower County 79 38 8b
Tallahatchie County 123 59 8a–8b
Tate County 146 78 8a
Tippah County 171 81 7b–8a
Tishomingo County 599 232 7b–8a
Tunica County 123 57 8a
Union County 299 127 8a
Walthall County 148 85 8b
Warren County 177 102 8b
Washington County 451 220 8b
Wayne County 325 160 8b
Webster County 171 96 8a
Wilkinson County 273 139 9a
Winston County 288 149 8a–8b
Yalobusha County 200 100 8a
Yazoo County 190 100 8b

Garden-ready natives of Mississippi

Statewide list. A species native somewhere in Mississippi may not be native in your county: use the county lists above to narrow it.

Tree 144

Shrub 40

Wildflower (forb) 159

Grass or grass-like 151

Vine 27

Fern 7

Also listed as native and introduced here 10

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
  • bride's feathersAruncus dioicus
  • climbing false buckwheatPolygonum scandens
  • common pepperweedLepidium densiflorum
  • common reedPhragmites australis
  • floating primrose-willowLudwigia peploides
  • Kentucky bluegrassPoa pratensis
  • Mexican teaDysphania ambrosioides
  • switchcaneArundinaria tecta
  • white sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana

Look up a Mississippi ZIP

Matches your ZIP to the county it mostly lies in, then lists the plants recorded as native to your state (Kew’s World Checklist and USDA PLANTS) and recorded in that county by USDA PLANTS.

Territories: Puerto Rico · U.S. Virgin Islands

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
Mississippi: 1,473 native species in this site’s scope; county lists for 82 counties.
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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