Mississippi Lawn Care Guide

Lawn care guide for 82 counties · Average LDS: 32/100

Mississippi covers USDA hardiness zones 7–9, with lawn difficulty averaging 32/100 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
Clay County	19	8a	Tall Fescue
Issaquena County	20	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Union County	22	8a	Centipedegrass
Jasper County	23	8b	Centipedegrass
Chickasaw County	24	8a	Tall Fescue
Washington County	24	8b	Tall Fescue
Carroll County	25	8a	Tall Fescue
Jefferson County	25	8b	Tall Fescue
Lee County	25	8a	Tall Fescue
Sharkey County	25	8b	Tall Fescue
Coahoma County	26	8a	Tall Fescue
Leflore County	26	8b	Centipedegrass
Monroe County	26	8a	Centipedegrass
Attala County	27	8a	Centipedegrass
Covington County	27	8b	Centipedegrass
Holmes County	27	8a	Centipedegrass
Kemper County	27	8b	Centipedegrass
Smith County	27	8b	Centipedegrass
Sunflower County	27	8b	Tall Fescue
Tunica County	27	8a	Tall Fescue
Bolivar County	28	8b	Tall Fescue
Choctaw County	28	8a	Centipedegrass
Jefferson Davis County	28	8b	Centipedegrass
Madison County	28	8b	Centipedegrass
Newton County	28	8b	Centipedegrass
Tippah County	28	7b	Centipedegrass
Winston County	28	8a	Tall Fescue
Benton County	29	7b	Centipedegrass
Claiborne County	29	8b	Centipedegrass
George County	29	8b	Tall Fescue
Hinds County	29	8b	Centipedegrass
Marshall County	29	8a	Centipedegrass
Quitman County	29	8a	Tall Fescue
Simpson County	29	8b	Centipedegrass
Humphreys County	30	8b	Centipedegrass
Lamar County	30	8b	Tall Fescue
Lowndes County	30	8b	Centipedegrass
Montgomery County	30	8a	Centipedegrass
Pontotoc County	30	8a	Centipedegrass
Rankin County	30	8b	Tall Fescue
Alcorn County	31	8a	Centipedegrass
DeSoto County	31	8a	Centipedegrass
Lauderdale County	31	8b	Tall Fescue
Scott County	31	8b	Centipedegrass
Tate County	31	8a	Centipedegrass
Adams County	32	8b	Tall Fescue
Grenada County	32	8a	Centipedegrass
Neshoba County	32	8b	Centipedegrass
Noxubee County	32	8b	Tall Fescue
Yalobusha County	32	8a	Centipedegrass
Panola County	33	8a	Centipedegrass
Warren County	33	8b	Tall Fescue
Wilkinson County	33	9a	Bahiagrass
Greene County	34	8b	Centipedegrass
Yazoo County	34	8b	Tall Fescue
Itawamba County	35	8a	Centipedegrass
Oktibbeha County	35	8a	Centipedegrass
Prentiss County	35	8a	Centipedegrass
Jones County	36	8b	Tall Fescue
Leake County	36	8b	Centipedegrass
Amite County	37	8b	Centipedegrass
Franklin County	37	8b	Centipedegrass
Hancock County	37	9a	Bermudagrass
Harrison County	37	9a	Centipedegrass
Lincoln County	37	8b	Centipedegrass
Pike County	37	8b	Centipedegrass
Tishomingo County	37	7b	Tall Fescue
Walthall County	37	8b	Centipedegrass
Webster County	37	8a	Centipedegrass
Calhoun County	38	8a	Centipedegrass
Copiah County	38	8b	Centipedegrass
Jackson County	38	9a	Bermudagrass
Clarke County	39	8b	Centipedegrass
Forrest County	39	8b	Tall Fescue
Lawrence County	39	8b	Centipedegrass
Marion County	39	8b	Tall Fescue
Pearl River County	39	9a	Bermudagrass
Lafayette County	41	8a	Centipedegrass
Stone County	41	9a	Centipedegrass
Tallahatchie County	41	8a	Centipedegrass
Wayne County	42	8b	Centipedegrass
Perry County	44	8b	Tall Fescue