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Native plants for Warren County, Mississippi

213 native plants recorded in Warren County, Mississippi

The USDA plant database has 277 plants recorded growing wild in Warren County. 213 of them are native to the lower 48, and 24 are introduced species that this page leaves out.

By type: 92 wildflowers and herbs, 18 grasses and sedges, 12 shrubs, 10 low woody plants, 57 trees, 24 vines. USDA has rated sun, soil and water needs for 105 of them (49%), and only those can be matched to a spot below. Seaside brookweed (Samolus valerandi), Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum) and 2 more are also recorded as introduced.

What fits each kind of spot in Warren County

SpotRated to fitRated not toUnrated
Sun all day1050108
Half shade6045108
Under trees3471108
Heavy clay7035108
Sandy, drains fast6639108
Never watered4757109
Stays soggy4065108

Sun all day in Warren County: 105 rated natives

52 trees, 22 wildflowers and herbs, 11 vines, 9 grasses and sedges, 7 shrubs, 4 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  2. Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  3. Fringeleaf wild petunia (Ruellia humilis) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  7. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  8. Wreath goldenrod (Solidago caesia) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Half shade in Warren County: 60 rated natives

33 trees, 8 wildflowers and herbs, 5 vines, 5 shrubs, 5 grasses and sedges, 4 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  2. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  3. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high shade tolerance
  4. Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Wreath goldenrod (Solidago caesia) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high shade tolerance
  7. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. Canada germander (Teucrium canadense) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Under trees in Warren County: 34 rated natives

21 trees, 3 low woody plants, 3 shrubs, 3 wildflowers and herbs, 3 grasses and sedges, 1 vines. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  3. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  4. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial
  5. Valley redstem (Ammannia coccinea) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.6 ft mature · moderate growth
  6. Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial
  7. Catchfly grass (Leersia lenticularis) grasses and sedges
    USDA growing data on file · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. Butterweed (Packera glabella) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.2 ft mature · moderate growth

Heavy clay in Warren County: 70 rated natives

32 trees, 15 wildflowers and herbs, 7 vines, 7 grasses and sedges, 5 shrubs, 4 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Fringeleaf wild petunia (Ruellia humilis) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  5. Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  6. Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.8 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  7. Wreath goldenrod (Solidago caesia) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Sandy, drains fast in Warren County: 66 rated natives

38 trees, 11 wildflowers and herbs, 6 shrubs, 5 vines, 5 grasses and sedges, 1 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Fringeleaf wild petunia (Ruellia humilis) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  2. Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  3. Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  5. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  6. Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1.5 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · toxicity: slight
  7. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  8. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial

Never watered in Warren County: 47 rated natives

23 trees, 7 vines, 6 shrubs, 5 grasses and sedges, 4 wildflowers and herbs, 2 low woody plants. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) vines
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  2. American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  3. Fringeleaf wild petunia (Ruellia humilis) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.6 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  4. Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  5. Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2 ft mature · perennial · high drought tolerance
  6. Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) shrubs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  7. Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · moderate growth · perennial · high drought tolerance
  8. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial

Stays soggy in Warren County: 40 rated natives

17 trees, 9 wildflowers and herbs, 7 grasses and sedges, 3 low woody plants, 2 vines, 2 shrubs. The first 8, ranked by how easy a start they make:

  1. Sharpwing monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 2.3 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  2. Canada germander (Teucrium canadense) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3.3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  3. Crimsoneyed rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 6.6 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  4. Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) low woody plants
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 4.9 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil
  5. Climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  6. Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) vines
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 1 ft mature · rapid growth · perennial
  7. Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum) wildflowers and herbs
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 3 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial
  8. Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) trees
    USDA growing data on file · conspicuous flowers · photo available · about 15 ft mature · moderate growth · perennial · takes saturated soil

Natives Warren County has that most of Mississippi does not

8 natives here are on file in no more than 4 of Mississippi's 82 counties. A few of them:

Where to start in Warren County

If you have only one spot to fill, sun all day is where Warren County gives you the most rated choice (105 plants), and Climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa) is the easiest start on that list. Under trees is the hard one here: 34 rated plants, so for that spot it is worth asking a local native-plant society about the 108 unrated natives too.