FLORA OF MISSISSIPPI

Photos and text by Daniel G. Peterson unless noted otherwise. Click on an image to enlarge.

Magnolia | Sensitive plant | Loblolly pine | Bald cypress | Ginkgo

  Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)      
Magnolia grandiflora   Photographed on July 3, 2006 on the Mississippi State University campus
  Magnolia grandiflora   Photographed on May 31, 2008 near the Mississippi State University Veteran's Memorial Rose Garden  
  Magnolia seeds   Photographed on September 8, 2007 at the US Forest Service's Southern Institute of Forest Genetics (Saucier, MS)  
         
  Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)      
    Photographed on May 24, 2008 at the Noxubee Wildlife Refuge
         
  Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda)      
Pinus taeda   Photographed on May 24, 2008 at the Noxubee Wildlife Refuge
  Loblolly pine   Photographed on June 20, 2008 by Benjamin Bartlett  
  Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum)      
Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum   Photographed June 25, 2005 at the Noxubee Wildlife Refuge
Taxodium distichum   Photographed on July 3, 2006 on the Mississippi State University campus
     
  Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)      
  Ginkgo biloba leaves Female Ginkgo biloba with seeds Female Ginkgo biloba with seeds Female Ginkgo biloba with seeds  
Photographed July 3, 2006 on the Mississippi State University campus.  Ginkgo is not a native of North America, but it has become a popular ornamental.