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
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| Acer floridanum | Southern Sugar Maple Florida Maple Caddo Maple Rock Maple | |
| Acalypha gracilens | Slender Threeseed Mercury | |
| Acer rubrum | Red Maple Scarlet Maple Soft Maple | |
| Acer rubrum var. drummondii | Drummond's Maple Drummond Red Maple Swamp Maple | |
| Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye Scarlet Buckeye Firecracker Plant | |
| Agalinis fasciculata | Beach False Foxglove | |
| Agalinis purpurea | Purple False Foxglove Purple Gerardia Gerardia | |
| Agalinis tenuifolia | Slenderleaf False Foxglove | |
| Aletris aurea | Golden Colicroot Colicroot Star Grass Yellow Colic Root | |
| Aletris farinosa | White Colicroot Colic Root Unicorn Root | |
| Aletris lutea | Yellow Colicroot Yellow Colic-root | |
| Alnus serrulata | Smooth Alder Hazel Alder Brookside Alder Tag Alder Common Alder Black Alder | |
| Amelanchier arborea | Common Serviceberry Downy Serviceberry Shadbush Juneberry Junebush Shadblow Sarvis | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge Broomsedge Bluestem Yellowsedge Bluestem Whiskey Grass Popotillo Pajon | |
| Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry Red Chokecherry | |
| Arundinaria gigantea | Giant Cane River Cane Switch Cane American Bamboo | |
| Aralia spinosa | Devil's Walking Stick Hercules Club Angelica Tree Pigeon Tree Shotbush Prickly Elder Prickly Ash | |
| Asclepias lanceolata | Fewflower Milkweed Few-flower Milkweed Red Milkweed | |
| Asclepias longifolia | Longleaf Milkweed | |
| Baccharis halimifolia | Groundseltree Sea-myrtle Consumptionweed Eastern Baccharis Groundsel Groundsel Bush Salt Marsh-elder Salt Bush Florida Groundsel Bush | |
| Bartonia paniculata | Twining Screwstem | |
| Balduina uniflora | Oneflower Honeycombhead | |
| Betula nigra | River Birch Red Birch Black Birch Water Birch | |
| Bidens aristosa | Bearded Beggarticks Tickseed Sunflower | |
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