Plants of Mississippi

The plants most often spotted in Mississippi, ranked by recent research-grade observations.

80,488

recent observations

50

species listed

50

plants

Naturalists have logged 80,488 research-grade observations across the 50 most-recorded species in Mississippi. The most frequently seen is the American beautyberry, with 3,081 recorded sightings.

Most-observed plants in Mississippi

American beautyberry

Callicarpa americana

3,081 observations

American sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

2,649 observations

bristle thistle

Cirsium horridulum

2,412 observations · iNaturalist

Pale Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia alata

2,411 observations · iNaturalist

Triadica sebifera

2,372 observations · iNaturalist

Virginia creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

2,291 observations

American trumpet vine

Campsis radicans

2,251 observations

2,231 observations

American black elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

2,164 observations

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

2,133 observations

blue mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

2,129 observations

Ligustrum sinense

2,125 observations

2,123 observations

Trifolium repens

2,014 observations

Nekemias arborea

1,964 observations · iNaturalist

Taxodium distichum

1,915 observations

southern magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

1,861 observations

Japanese climbing fern

Lygodium japonicum

1,780 observations · iNaturalist

Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

1,711 observations

resurrection fern

Pleopeltis michauxiana

1,658 observations · iNaturalist

American persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

1,641 observations

1,626 observations

Packera glabella

1,601 observations · iNaturalist

1,510 observations

Saururus cernuus

1,510 observations

Smilax bona-nox

1,439 observations · iNaturalist

1,422 observations

Vitis rotundifolia

1,380 observations · iNaturalist

1,351 observations

Bignonia capreolata

1,316 observations · iNaturalist

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

1,314 observations

southern dewberry

Rubus trivialis

1,282 observations

Largeflower pink-sorrel

1,278 observations · iNaturalist

Eupatorium capillifolium

1,233 observations · iNaturalist

Mississippi River wakerobin

Trillium foetidissimum

1,184 observations · iNaturalist

climbing hempvine

Mikania scandens

1,161 observations

Cephalanthus occidentalis

1,142 observations

Eupatorium serotinum

1,134 observations · iNaturalist

Tillandsia usneoides

1,121 observations

Lanceleaf Greenbrier

1,100 observations · iNaturalist

eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

1,099 observations

purple passionflower

Passiflora incarnata

1,084 observations

Baccharis halimifolia

1,070 observations

Rhus copallinum

1,062 observations

Drosera capillaris

1,045 observations · iNaturalist

Nothoscordum bivalve

1,044 observations

American sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

1,027 observations

yellow passionflower

Passiflora lutea

1,016 observations

American tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

1,015 observations

Oriental false hawksbeard

Youngia japonica

1,006 observations · iNaturalist

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