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The Mississippi Native Plant Society  was founded in 1980. Their mission as stated on their website, is to provide a forum for learning about our state's ecosystems and the plants that exist within them.  Our goal is to provide educational opportunities and to encourage the conservation and utilization of native plants.

 

 

  • Mississippi Native Plant Society

Society Newsletter

Members receive a quarterly newsletter called Mississippi Native Plants and Environmental Education.

  • Mississippi Native Plants and Environmental Education

Blooming Iris

 the Annual blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Alpsdake.

This sweet little iris, the Annual blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium rosulatum, blooms from spring to fall and is found along roadsides throughout the southern states.

Recommended Reading

  • Book CoverTrees of Mississippi and Other Woody Plants by George H. Dukes; Bob Stribling (Photographer)
    Call Number: QK 151 .D85 1997
    ISBN: 0965538001
    Publication Date: 1997-03-01
  • Book CoverA Field Guide to the Ferns and Lycophytes of Louisiana by Ray Neyland
    Call Number: QK523 .N49 2011
    ISBN: 0807137855
    Publication Date: 2011-04-01
  • Book CoverOne Writer's Garden by Susan Haltom; Jane Roy Brown; Langdon Clay (Photographer)
    Call Number: SB466.U65 J334 2011
    ISBN: 1617031194
    Publication Date: 2011-09-08
  • Book CoverMississippi's forests, 2006 by Sonja N. Oswalt ... [et al.]
    Call Number: SD144.M7 M58 2009
    Publication Date: 2009
  • Book CoverWildflowers of Mississippi by S. Lee Timme
    Call Number: QK 151 .T55 1989
    ISBN: 0878053956
    Publication Date: 1990-12-01

Historical Notes

Fannye A. Cook

Fannye A. Cook (1889-1964) was the first person to collect and catalog Mississippi wildlife. She was one of the first conservationists in the state and took it upon herself to conduct a lifelong wildlife education campaign in Mississippi. In the 30s she boarded at the home of Eudora Welty who found humor in the odd situations that arose during Cook’s stay. Ms. Cook could be found wading through swamps infested with alligators and water moccasins or creating exhibits, preserving specimens and educating the public as Director of the State Wildlife Museum.

  • Fannye Cook
  • Last Updated: Apr 12, 2018 3:15 PM
  • URL: https://libguides.nybg.org/c.php?g=678045
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