Special Collections
Crosby Arboretum
The Crosby Arboretum is dedicated to educating the public about their environment. This mission is carried out by preserving, protecting, and displaying plants native to the Pearl River Drainage Basin ecosystem, providing environmental and botanical research opportunities, and offering cultural, scientific, and recreational programs. The Arboretum displays three basic habitats found in this ecosystem. They are a Savanna exhibit, a Woodland exhibit, and an Aquatic exhibit. Both drastic and subtle changes in landscape patterns can be observed within each exhibit. In addition to the 104-acre interpretive site, the Arboretum also maintains collectively over 1,000 acres of off-site natural areas that are preserved for scientific study.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry Winterberry Michigan Holly Black Alder | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
| Ipomoea pandurata | Man Of The Earth Wild Potato Wild Sweet Potato Manroot | |
| Iris fulva | Copper Iris Red Iris | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia Iris Great Blue Flag Southern Blue Flag | |
| Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire Tassel-white Virginia Willow | |
| Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
| Juncus tenuis | Poverty Rush Path Rush | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel Calico Bush Kalmia Mountain-laurel | |
| Lachnanthes caroliana | Carolina Redroot Paint Root | |
| Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal Doghobble Coast Leucothoe | |
| Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
| Liatris aspera | Tall Blazing Star Tall Gayfeather Tall Liatris Rough Blazing Star Rough Gayfeather Rough Liatris Button Snakeroot | |
| Lilium catesbaei | Pine Lily Southern Red Lily Catesby's Lily | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree Tulip Poplar Yellow Poplar | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lobelia floridana | Florida Lobelia | |
| Lobelia puberula | Downy Lobelia | |
| Lobelia spicata | Pale-spike Lobelia | |
| Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose-willow Water-primrose Creeping Water-primrose | |
| Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush Fetterbush Lyonia Shinyleaf Fetterbush Staggerbush | |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber Tree Mountain Magnolia | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple Narrowleaf Crabapple Wild Crabapple Southern Crab Narrowleaf Crab Wild Crab | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay | |
| Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf Magnolia | |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree | |
| Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine Climbing Hempweed | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
| Nymphoides aquatica | Big Floatingheart Floating Hearts | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily Fragrant White Water-lily Fragrant Water-lily White Water-lily Sweet-scented White Water-lily Sweet-scented Water-lily Beaver Root | |
| Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee Tupelo Ogeechee Lime | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo Blackgum Black Tupelo Sourgum Pepperidge Tupelo Gum Beetlebung | |
| Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub Neverwet | |
| Osmanthus americanus | American Olive Devilwood Wild Olive | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
| Oxypolis filiformis | Water Cowbane | |
| Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis Yellow Wood-sorrel Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Yellow Woodsorrel | |
| Paspalum plicatulum | Brownseed Paspalum Brownseed Paspale | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Persea palustris | Swamp Bay Swampbay | |
| Peltandra virginica | Tuckahoe Green Arrow Arum Arrow Arum Green Arum | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
| Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine | |
| Pinus glabra | Spruce Pine | |
| Pinguicula lutea | Yellow Butterwort | |
| Pinus palustris | Longleaf Pine Georgia Pine Longleaf Yellow Pine Southern Yellow Pine Longstraw Pine Hill Pine Hard Pine Heart Pine | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine Oldfield Pine Bull Pine Rosemary Pine | |
| Pluchea foetida | Stinking Camphorweed | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
| Polygala cruciata | Drumheads Candy Root Crossleaf Milkwort Cross-leaved Milkwort | |
| Polygala incarnata | Procession Flower Pink Milkwort | |
| Polygala lutea | Orange Milkwort Candy Weed | |
| Polygala mariana | Maryland Milkwort | |
| Polygala nana | Candyroot Bachelor's Buttons Bachelor's Button | |
| Pogonia ophioglossoides | Rose Pogonia Snake-mouth Orchid Beard Flower | |
| Polypremum procumbens | Juniper Leaf Rustweed | |
| Polygala ramosa | Low Pinebarren Milkwort Yellow Savanna Milkwort | |
| Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
| Prunus serotina | Black Cherry Wild Black Cherry Rum Cherry | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Western Bracken Fern Bracken Fern Western Bracken Bracken | |
| Ptilimnium capillaceum | Herbwilliam | |
| Pyrrhopappus carolinianus | Carolina Desert-chicory Texas Dandelion False Dandelion | |
| Quercus alba | White Oak Northern White Oak Eastern White Oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
| Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak Bottomland Red Oak Three-lobed Red Oak Spanish Oak | |
| Quercus incana | Bluejack Oak Sandjack Oak Upland Willow Oak Cinnamon Oak Shin Oak Turkey Oak | |
| Quercus laurifolia | Laurel Oak Swamp Laurel Oak Darlington Oak Diamond-leaf Oak Laurel-leaf Oak Water Oak Obtusa Oak | |
| Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak Barren Oak Black Oak Jack Oak | |
| Quercus michauxii | Swamp Chestnut Oak Basket Oak Cow Oak Swamp Oak | |
| Quercus nigra | Water Oak Possum Oak Duck Oak Punk Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Quercus pagoda | Cherrybark Oak | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow Oak Swamp Willow Oak Pin Oak Peach Oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Rhexia alifanus | Savanna Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhododendron austrinum | Orange Azalea Florida Azalea Yellow Azalea | |
| Rhododendron canescens | Mountain Azalea Wild Azalea Honeysuckle Azalea Piedmont Azalea Sweet Azalea Hoary Azalea Southern Pinxterflower | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac Shining Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Mountain Sumac Dwarf Sumac Wing-rib Sumac Black Sumac Upland Sumac | |
| Rhynchospora corniculata | Shortbristle Horned Beaksedge Horned Beakrush | |
| Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
| Rhynchospora glomerata | Clustered Beaksedge Cluster Beak-rush | |
| Rhapidophyllum hystrix | Needle Palm Blue Palmetto | |
| Rhexia lutea | Yellow Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhexia mariana | Maryland Meadow Beauty Pale Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhexia petiolata | Fringed Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhexia virginica | Handsome-harry Virginia Meadow Beauty Meadow-beauty | |
| Rubus argutus | Sawtooth Blackberry | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry Dewberry | |
| Sarracenia alata | Yellow Trumpets Yellow Pitcher Plant Yellow Trumpet Flycatcher Trumpet Pitcher Plant | |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Sabatia brachiata | Narrowleaf Rose Gentian | |
| Sabatia campestris | Texas Star Rose Gentian Meadow Pink Prairie Rose-gentian Prairie Sabatia | |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
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