Native range
Native plants of Mississippi
60 wild species and 19 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Mississippi, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 123 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
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How this list is made
Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Mississippi is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 79 plants, 58 have been checked against outside sources (6 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
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Recorded across Mississippi
How many of the state's 82 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in Mississippi; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 58 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- Red Maple
- American Beautyberry
- Tulip Tree
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Trumpet Vine
- Flowering Dogwood
- American Elderberry
- Christmas Fern
- Eastern Redbud
- Northern Sea Oats
- Bald Cypress
- Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Butterfly Weed
- Lady Fern
- River Birch
- Royal Fern
- Sweetbay Magnolia
- Switchgrass
- Little Bluestem
- Southern Magnolia
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Carolina Jessamine
- Cardinal Flower
- Carolina Rose
- Honeylocust
- Cinnamon Fern
- Smooth Hydrangea
- Cherokee Sedge
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Purple Coneflower
- Maidenhair Fern
- White Wild Indigo
- Allegheny Spurge
- Wild Ginger
- New England Aster
- Mountain Laurel
- Coast Leucothoe
- Summersweet
- Winterberry
- Blackhaw
- Sugar Maple
- Arrowwood
- False Sunflower
- Garden Phlox
- Goatsbeard
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
- Carolina Allspice
- Fragrant Sumac
- Mountain Stewartia
- Annual Phlox
- Aromatic Aster
- Eastern Red Columbine
- Lavender Annual Phlox
- Peach Annual Phlox
- Purple Annual Phlox
- Red Annual Phlox
- Virginia Bluebells
- White Annual Phlox
Garden forms of Mississippi natives
123 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in Mississippi and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.
- Adams Elderberry
- Alba Gayfeather
- Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Alma Pötschke
- Amazing Grace
- Amethyst Falls Wisteria
- Annabelle
- Appalachian Red
- Aquavita Juniper
- Athena Gold False Sunflower
- Autumn Bride Coral Bells
- Autumn Colors
- Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
- Barbara Ann Climbing Hydrangea
- Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Berry Scape Aronia
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Moon Wisteria
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Blue Paradise
- Bordeaux Dwarf Yaupon Holly
- Brandywine Viburnum
- Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel
- Bright Eyes
- Bronze Wave Coral Bells
- Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
- Candy Stripe
- Caramel
- Carol Mountain Laurel
- Carousel Mountain Laurel
- Cherokee Brave
- Cherokee Chief
- Cherokee Princess
- Cherry Brandy
- Citronelle
- Claire Grace
- Cloud Nine
- Coconut Lime
- Color Guard Yucca
- Coral Flame
- Crème Brûlée
- Crimson Trumpet
- David
- Denver Daisy
- Drummond's Pink
- Early Sunrise
- Elf Mountain Laurel
- Emerald Blue
- Emerald Pink
- Falling Waters
- Flame Thrower
- Forest Pansy
- Goldilocks
- Goldsturm
- Green Jewel
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Henry's Garnet Sweetspire
- Hummingbird
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Jeana
- Laura
- Lavender Twist
- Little Gem Magnolia
- Little Henry Sweetspire
- Luminary Ultraviolet
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Magnus
- Major Wheeler
- Moonbeam
- New England Aster 'Barr's Pink'
- New England Aster 'Harrington's Pink'
- Nicky
- Northwind
- October Skies
- Orange Perfection
- Peve Minaret
- Pink Double Delight
- Pink Spire
- PowWow Wild Berry
- Prairie Sun
- Purple Beauty
- Purple Dome
- Purple Phlox
- Raydon's Favorite
- Red Sprite
- Red Wings
- River Mist
- Robert Poore
- Route 66
- Royal White Redbud
- Ruby Falls
- Ruby Spice
- Sarah Mountain Laurel
- Scarlet Flame
- Screaming Yellow
- Shawnee Brave
- Shenandoah
- Sienna Sunset
- Sixteen Candles
- Snow Flurry
- Snowcicle Hydrangea
- Starfire
- The Rising Sun
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- Vanilla Spice
- White Delight
- White Flame
- White Swan
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
- Zagreb
Plant groups native to Mississippi
19 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in Mississippi; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
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