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Tree City USA sign in Wakefield, Massachusetts. There are more than 3,400 Tree Cities USA. The following is a partial listing of Tree Cities USA. [1] To be a Tree City, the community must meet four standards set by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters: The community must have a tree board or department.
According to the 2020 United States Census, Mississippi is the 32nd-most populous state, with 2,949,965 inhabitants and the 31st largest by land area, spanning 46,923.27 square miles (121,530.7 km 2) of land. [1] Mississippi is divided into 82 counties and contains 300 municipalities, consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
The Pine Belt, also known as the Piney Woods, is a region in Southeast Mississippi. The region gets its name from the longleaf pine trees that are abundant in the region. [ 1 ] The Pine Belt includes 9 counties : Covington , Forrest , Greene , Jefferson Davis , Jones , Lamar , Marion , Perry , and Wayne .
Many of Mississippi's prized magnolia trees were killed by drought. ... roughly 12.5 million pine trees have died in Mississippi and have forced ... A magnolia tree on the west side of Jackson ...
De Soto National Forest, named for 16th-century Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto, is 518,587 acres (810 sq mi; 2,099 km 2) of pine forests in southern Mississippi. It is one of the most important protected areas for the biological diversity of the Gulf Coast ecoregion of North America.
The forest is headquartered in Jackson, as well as all six National Forests in Mississippi, [3] with local ranger district offices located in Forest, Mississippi. The forest lies within the Southeastern mixed forests ecoregion and supports mixed forests of pine and oak. [4] The upper courses of the Leaf and Strong Rivers flow through the forest.
A pondside iris at Crosby Arboretum. The Crosby Arboretum is located in Picayune, Mississippi, United States, and is affiliated with Mississippi State University. [1] It contains 64 acres (259,000 m 2) in its interpretive center, plus over 700 acres (2.8 km 2) in seven additional natural areas, sheltering over 300 species of indigenous trees and shrubs.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections South Mississippi Correctional Institution is located in an unincorporated area of Greene County; [16] it has a Leakesville postal address. [17] [18] It opened in 1990. In the early 21st century, it has an inmate population of more than 3,000 men, which has added markedly to the total population of the ...