Plants of Mississippi

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

Most-observed plants in Mississippi

American beautyberry

Callicarpa americana

2,978 observations

American sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

2,561 observations

bristle thistle

Cirsium horridulum

2,406 observations · iNaturalist

Pale Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia alata

2,356 observations · iNaturalist

Triadica sebifera

2,309 observations · iNaturalist

Virginia creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

2,216 observations

2,215 observations

American trumpet vine

Campsis radicans

2,144 observations

blue mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

2,098 observations

2,095 observations

Ligustrum sinense

2,091 observations · iNaturalist

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

2,072 observations

American black elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

2,065 observations

Trifolium repens

1,992 observations

Nekemias arborea

1,891 observations · iNaturalist

Taxodium distichum

1,865 observations

southern magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

1,833 observations

Japanese climbing fern

Lygodium japonicum

1,739 observations · iNaturalist

resurrection fern

Pleopeltis michauxiana

1,641 observations · iNaturalist

Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

1,638 observations

Packera glabella

1,597 observations · iNaturalist

1,577 observations

American persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

1,575 observations

1,476 observations

Saururus cernuus

1,459 observations

1,374 observations

Smilax bona-nox

1,368 observations · iNaturalist

Vitis rotundifolia

1,321 observations · iNaturalist

1,310 observations

Bignonia capreolata

1,300 observations · iNaturalist

Largeflower pink-sorrel

1,268 observations · iNaturalist

southern dewberry

Rubus trivialis

1,263 observations

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

1,244 observations

Eupatorium capillifolium

1,212 observations · iNaturalist

Mississippi River wakerobin

Trillium foetidissimum

1,183 observations · iNaturalist

climbing hempvine

Mikania scandens

1,142 observations

Tillandsia usneoides

1,097 observations

eastern redcedar

Juniperus virginiana

1,071 observations

Lanceleaf Greenbrier

1,070 observations · iNaturalist

Eupatorium serotinum

1,062 observations · iNaturalist

Cephalanthus occidentalis

1,055 observations

Baccharis halimifolia

1,054 observations

Nothoscordum bivalve

1,042 observations

purple passionflower

Passiflora incarnata

1,018 observations

Oriental false hawksbeard

Youngia japonica

1,004 observations · iNaturalist

American sycamore

Platanus occidentalis

1,002 observations

Rhus copallinum

987 observations

American tuliptree

Liriodendron tulipifera

985 observations

Carolina horsenettle

Solanum carolinense

980 observations

yellow passionflower

Passiflora lutea

956 observations