Old BiloxiOcean Springs, Mississippi

Mississippi Gulf Coast nature

Native plants and flowers

Wild plants and seasonal blooms photographed around Ocean Springs, Deer Island, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A dense patch of small yellow bitter sneezeweed flowers beside the shoreline

Bitter sneezeweed

Photo location Point Cadet, Biloxi, near the Golden Nugget, August

Purple Atlantic pigeonwings flowers growing among green vines

Atlantic pigeonwings (butterfly pea)

Photo location Deer Island, September

Two white beach morning glory flowers growing across coastal sand

Beach morning glory

Photo location Deer Island, June

A pink saltmarsh mallow flower blooming near the coast

Saltmarsh mallow

Photo location Deer Island, August

Large live oak draped with Spanish moss on Front Beach at sunset

Live oak

Photo location Front Beach, September