Mississippi Lawn Care Guide

Lawn care guide for 82 counties · Average LDS: 27/100

Mississippi covers USDA hardiness zones 7–9, with lawn difficulty averaging 27/100 across 82 counties. Centipedegrass is the most widely recommended grass in the state.

County grass atlas

Mississippi grass suitability by county

A compact 2.5D surface of per-species lawn suitability. Toggle Tall Fescue, Kentucky Bluegrass, Bermudagrass, and Zoysiagrass to see which counties best fit each grass — brighter = better fit.

Counties

82/82

Avg best fit

92%

Species

Counties by Lawn Difficulty

County	LDS	Zone	Top Grass
Sharkey County	18	8b	Tall Fescue
Chickasaw County	19	8a	Tall Fescue
Clay County	19	8a	Tall Fescue
Washington County	19	8b	Tall Fescue
Carroll County	20	8a	Tall Fescue
Issaquena County	20	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Lee County	20	8a	Tall Fescue
Sunflower County	20	8b	Tall Fescue
Coahoma County	21	8a	Tall Fescue
Monroe County	21	8a	Centipedegrass
Attala County	22	8a	Centipedegrass
Covington County	22	8b	Centipedegrass
Holmes County	22	8a	Centipedegrass
Simpson County	22	8b	Centipedegrass
Smith County	22	8b	Centipedegrass
Tunica County	22	8a	Tall Fescue
Union County	22	8a	Centipedegrass
Bolivar County	23	8b	Tall Fescue
Humphreys County	23	8b	Centipedegrass
Jasper County	23	8b	Centipedegrass
Madison County	23	8b	Centipedegrass
Newton County	23	8b	Centipedegrass
Tippah County	23	7b	Centipedegrass
Winston County	23	8a	Tall Fescue
Benton County	24	7b	Centipedegrass
Claiborne County	24	8b	Centipedegrass
Hinds County	24	8b	Centipedegrass
Marshall County	24	8a	Centipedegrass
Quitman County	24	8a	Tall Fescue
Jefferson County	25	8b	Tall Fescue
Lowndes County	25	8b	Centipedegrass
Montgomery County	25	8a	Centipedegrass
Pontotoc County	25	8a	Centipedegrass
Rankin County	25	8b	Tall Fescue
Alcorn County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
DeSoto County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Lauderdale County	26	8b	Tall Fescue
Leflore County	26	8b	Centipedegrass
Scott County	26	8b	Centipedegrass
Tate County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Warren County	26	8b	Tall Fescue
Wilkinson County	26	9a	Bahiagrass
Adams County	27	8b	Tall Fescue
Grenada County	27	8a	Centipedegrass
Kemper County	27	8b	Centipedegrass
Neshoba County	27	8b	Centipedegrass
Noxubee County	27	8b	Tall Fescue
Yalobusha County	27	8a	Centipedegrass
Yazoo County	27	8b	Tall Fescue
Choctaw County	28	8a	Centipedegrass
Jefferson Davis County	28	8b	Centipedegrass
Panola County	28	8a	Centipedegrass
George County	29	8b	Tall Fescue
Hancock County	30	9a	Bermudagrass
Harrison County	30	9a	Centipedegrass
Itawamba County	30	8a	Centipedegrass
Lamar County	30	8b	Tall Fescue
Oktibbeha County	30	8a	Centipedegrass
Pike County	30	8b	Centipedegrass
Prentiss County	30	8a	Centipedegrass
Jackson County	31	9a	Bermudagrass
Jones County	31	8b	Tall Fescue
Leake County	31	8b	Centipedegrass
Amite County	32	8b	Centipedegrass
Forrest County	32	8b	Tall Fescue
Franklin County	32	8b	Centipedegrass
Lincoln County	32	8b	Centipedegrass
Marion County	32	8b	Tall Fescue
Pearl River County	32	9a	Bermudagrass
Tishomingo County	32	7b	Tall Fescue
Walthall County	32	8b	Centipedegrass
Webster County	32	8a	Centipedegrass
Calhoun County	33	8a	Centipedegrass
Copiah County	33	8b	Centipedegrass
Clarke County	34	8b	Centipedegrass
Greene County	34	8b	Centipedegrass
Lawrence County	34	8b	Centipedegrass
Stone County	34	9a	Centipedegrass
Tallahatchie County	34	8a	Centipedegrass
Lafayette County	36	8a	Centipedegrass
Wayne County	37	8b	Centipedegrass
Perry County	39	8b	Tall Fescue