Status of Invasive Plants in Mississippi
Total number of exotic species reported: 347
Total number of records in EDDMapS: 33127
Invasive Plants by Category
- Aquatic - 12 species, 883 records
- Cactus - 1 species, 8 records
- Forbs/Herbs - 160 species, 3101 records
- Grass or Grasslike - 67 species, 2931 records
- Hardwood Trees - 25 species, 1908 records
- Shrub or Subshrub - 45 species, 6803 records
- Vines - 33 species, 13552 records
Top Ten Abundant Invasive Plants (by number of reports)
- Japanese honeysuckle - 10366 reports
- Chinese privet - 4940 reports
- Japanese climbing fern - 1511 reports
- kudzu - 1089 reports
- sericea lespedeza - 721 reports
- Chinese tallowtree - 587 reports
- mimosa - 459 reports
- Japanese privet - 455 reports
- alligatorweed - 429 reports
- cogongrass - 402 reports
Top Ten Widespread Invasive Plants (by number of positive counties)
- Japanese honeysuckle - 82/82 (100%)
- Chinese privet - 80/82 (98%)
- kudzu - 77/82 (94%)
- mimosa - 74/82 (90%)
- Brazilian vervain - 71/82 (87%)
- sericea lespedeza - 70/82 (85%)
- common ragweed - 70/82 (85%)
- johnsongrass - 67/82 (82%)
- curly dock - 67/82 (82%)
- curly dock - 66/82 (80%)
Counties with the most invasive species reported
- Oktibbeha County - 212 species
- Monroe County - 204 species
- Lafayette County - 200 species
- Washington County - 188 species
- Grenada County - 181 species
- Forrest County - 178 species
- Attala County - 154 species
- Harrison County - 152 species
- Lauderdale County - 150 species
- Yalobusha County - 148 species
Counties with the least invasive species reported
- Prentiss County - 38 species
- Issaquena County - 39 species
- Benton County - 43 species
- Neshoba County - 45 species
- Choctaw County - 47 species
- Montgomery County - 47 species
- Tate County - 47 species
- Lincoln County - 48 species
- Sunflower County - 49 species
- Covington County - 49 species
Report created on May 21, 2013 at 11:39 AM
by the UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health using EDDMapS Technology and Data.
