The Crosby Arboretum is located in Picayune, Mississippi, USA, and affiliated with the Mississippi State University. It contains 64 acres (259,000 m²) in its interpretive center, plus over 700 acres (2.8 km²) in seven additional natural areas, sheltering over 300 species of indigenous trees and shrubs. Picayune is a city located in Pearl River County in Mississippi, a state of the United States of America. ... Drill Field on the Mississippi State University campus Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus. ...

The Arboretum is home to the Pinecote Pavillion designed by the late E. Fay Jones. Jones was an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and followed many of Wright's design principles. The pavillion is one of the architectural jewels of not only Pearl River county, but also Mississippi. E. Fay Jones, (born 31 January 1921, died 31 August 2004) was a noted American architect and designer. ... Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent architects of the first half of the 20th century. ...

The Arboretum honors L. O. Crosby, Jr. (1907-1978) by conserving the region's biological diversity and showcasing plants native to the Pearl River drainage basin. The seven natural areas in Pearl River, Hancock, and Lamar counties were selected for diversity of vegetation, and are preserved and managed for research. These areas contain longleaf pine forests, slash pine hardwoods, sweet bay-tupelo-swamp bay, beech-magnolia, bald cypress-tupelo, bottomland hardwoods, hillside bogs, and savannas. The Pearl River is a river in the southern United States. ... Binomial name Pinus palustris Mill. ... Beech is a typical temperate zone hardwood The term hardwood designates wood from angiosperm trees. ... Binomial nomenclature Laurus nobilis L. The Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis, Lauraceae), also known as True Laurel, Sweet Bay, Grecian Laurel, or just Laurel is the source of the spice Bay Leaves. ... For the Doctor Who character Nyssa, see Nyssa of Traken. ... Species Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech Fagus engleriana - Chinese Beech Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Fagus hayatae - Taiwan Beech Fagus japonica - Japanese Blue Beech Fagus longipetiolata - South Chinese Beech Fagus lucida - Shining Beech Fagus mexicana - Mexican Beech or Haya Fagus orientalis - Oriental Beech Fagus sylvatica - European Beech Beech (Fagus) is a genus... Species See text Magnolia is a large genus of about 120 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. ... Binomial name Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. ... For the Doctor Who character Nyssa, see Nyssa of Traken. ... Look up Bog on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Virgin boreal acid bogs at Browns Lake Bog, Ohio. ... Savanna is a grassland dotted with trees, and occurs in several types of biomes. ...

• Hillside Bog - 70 acres (283,000 m²) of highly diverse habitat in northern Hancock County, including a hillside bog, longleaf pine, sweetbay-tupelo-swampbay, and longleaf pine-scrub oak.

• Dead Tiger Creek Hammock - 20 acres (81,000 m²) of a low, non-alluvial, hardwood swamp, home to a variety of species including Coreopsis nudata and Macranthera flammea.

• Dead Tiger Creek Savanna - 20 acres (81,000 m²) including a pine ridge, sloping bog area with several pitcher plant bogs that contain orchids and insect eating plants, and a flat savanna, containing most of the Mississippi holly species and 2 species of pitcher plant.

• Red Bluff - 320 acres (1.3 km²) along Catahoula Creek, with a clear-water stream, sandy white beaches, oxbow lakes, titi-lined creek banks, open sandy areas, gum swamps, and dry pine woods.

• Talowah - 120 acres (486,000 m²) of longleaf pine ridges, maintained by periodic burning, with hardwoods along the branch bottoms.

• Mill Creek - 20 acres (81,000 m²) of mature beech-magnolia woodland. All five species of magnolia in the state are found here, as are beech, southern magnolia, swampbay, spruce pine, and yellow-poplar.

• Steep Hollow - A diverse and species-rich area with quaking bogs, longleaf pine slopes and ridges, and sweetbay-tupelo-swampbay areas.