Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Mississippi
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Mississippi. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Kudzu
1,117 sightingsPueraria montana · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Mississippi native that fits the same spot.
Chinese tallow
1,028 sightingsTriadica sebifera · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Mississippi native that fits the same spot.
Chinese privet
921 sightingsLigustrum sinense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Mississippi native that fits the same spot.
Japanese honeysuckle
898 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, American fly honeysuckle, Grape honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Japanese climbing fern
798 sightingsLygodium japonicum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Mississippi native that fits the same spot.
Cogongrass
777 sightingsImperata cylindrica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Mississippi native that fits the same spot.
Alligatorweed
695 sightingsAlternanthera philoxeroides · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Smooth joyweed (native Alternanthera)
Brazilian vervain
688 sightingsVerbena brasiliensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: White vervain, Texas vervain, Narrowleaf vervain (native Verbena)
White clover
668 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover, Buffalo clover (native Trifolium)
Silktree
653 sightingsAlbizia julibrissin · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Mississippi native that fits the same spot.
Jungle rice
583 sightingsEchinochloa colona · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Rough barnyardgrass, Gulf cockspur grass, Coast cockspur grass (native Echinochloa)
Tuberous vervain
547 sightingsVerbena rigida · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: White vervain, Texas vervain, Narrowleaf vervain (native Verbena)
Johnsongrass
444 sightingsSorghum halepense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Mississippi native that fits the same spot.
Crimson clover
441 sightingsTrifolium incarnatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover, Buffalo clover (native Trifolium)
Henbit deadnettle
433 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Mississippi native that fits the same spot.