Beauvoir Arboretum

In addition to the primary missions of Education about and Commemoration of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and other veterans of the Confederacy, Beauvoir has a secondary mission dedicated to educating the public about the environment. This mission is carried out by preserving, protecting, and displaying plants native to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and the unique species planted during President Davis' life at Beauvoir. Our fifty-two-acre campus offers an ecosystem which provides environmental and botanical research opportunities. We plan to offer many more cultural, scientific, and recreational programs in the near future. It is hoped that our Arboretum will display basic habitats of our tidal marsh associated with Oyster Bayou which runs the length of our campus.


Scientific Name Common Name Duration Habit Sun Water
Acer rubrum var. drummondii Drummond's Maple, Drummond Red Maple, Swamp Maple Perennial Tree Part-shade Wet, Moist
Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules Club, Angelica Tree, Pigeon Tree, Shotbush, Prickly Elder, Prickly Ash Perennial Tree Part-shade Moist
Baccharis halimifolia Groundseltree, Sea-myrtle, Consumptionweed, Eastern Baccharis, Groundsel, Groundsel Bush, Salt Marsh-elder, Salt Bush, Florida Groundsel Bush Perennial Shrub Part-shade Wet
Carya tomentosa Mockernut Hickory, Mockernut Hickory, Big Bud Hickory, Mockernut, White Hickory, Whiteheart Hickory, Fragrant Hickory, Bigbud Hickory, Hardbark Hickory, Hognut, Bullnut Perennial Tree Part-shade Moist
Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant, Sensitive Plant Annual Herb Sun, Part-shade Moist, Dry
Cornus foemina Stiff Dogwood, Swamp Dogwood Perennial Shrub Part-shade Wet
Diospyros virginiana Common Persimmon, Eastern Persimmon, Possumwood, Date Plum, Winter Plum, Jove's Fruit Perennial Tree Part-shade Dry
Ilex cassine Dahoon Perennial Tree Part-shade Moist
Ilex opaca American Holly, White Holly, Prickly Holly, Evergreen Holly, Christmas Holly, Yule Holly Perennial Tree Sun, Shade, Part-shade Wet, Dry
Ilex vomitoria Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina Perennial Shrub, Tree Sun, Shade, Part-shade Moist, Dry
Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin Perennial Tree Sun, Shade, Part-shade Dry
Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar Perennial Tree Sun, Shade, Part-shade Moist
Magnolia grandiflora Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magnolia, Loblolly Magnolia, Great Laurel Magnolia, Big Laurel, Bull Bay Perennial Tree Part-shade Dry
Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Southern Sweetbay, Swampbay, Swamp Magnolia, Sweet Magnolia, Small Magnolia, Laurel Magnolia, White Bay, White Laurel, Swamp Laurel, Beaver Tree Perennial Tree Part-shade Moist
Morella cerifera Wax Myrtle , Southern Wax Myrtle, Southern Bayberry, Eastern Bayberry, Bayberry, Candleberry, Tallow Shrub Perennial Shrub Sun, Part-shade Wet, Moist
Morus rubra Red Mulberry, Moral Perennial Tree Sun, Shade, Part-shade Moist, Dry
Nyssa sylvatica Tupelo, Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Sourgum, Pepperidge, Tupelo Gum, Beetlebung Perennial Tree Sun, Shade, Part-shade Moist
Pinus palustris Longleaf Pine, Georgia Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Longstraw Pine, Hill Pine, Hard Pine, Heart Pine Perennial Tree Sun Dry
Prunus caroliniana Carolina Cherry-laurel, Cherry-laurel, Laurel Cherry, Carolina Laurel Cherry Perennial Tree Sun, Part-shade Moist
Quercus nigra Water Oak, Possum Oak, Duck Oak, Punk Oak, Spotted Oak Perennial Tree Part-shade Wet
Quercus phellos Willow Oak, Swamp Willow Oak, Pin Oak, Peach Oak Perennial Tree Part-shade Moist
Quercus virginiana Coastal Live Oak, Southern Live Oak, Virginia Live Oak, Live Oak, Encino Perennial Tree Sun, Part-shade Moist
Sabal palmetto Cabbage Palmetto, Cabbage Palm Perennial Tree Part-shade
Salix nigra Black Willow, Gulf Black Willow, Swamp Willow, Sauz Perennial Tree Sun, Shade, Part-shade Wet, Moist
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis Common Elderberry, Black Elder, Mexican Elderberry, Common Elder, Elderberry, Tapiro, Sauco Perennial Shrub Part-shade Wet
Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress, Baldcypress, Common Bald Cypress, Southern Bald Cypress, Deciduous Cypress, Southern Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Red Cypress, White Cypress, Yellow Cypress, Gulf Cypress, Tidewater Red Cypress Perennial Tree Sun, Part-shade Moist