Eastern Temperate Forests (Coastal Plain) · Zones 8–10

Gulf Coast & Mississippi Lowlands

Bottomland hardwoods, bayous, the Mississippi delta and the Gulf shore: humid, rainy and nearly frost-free.

Cypress-tupelo swamps, coastal marsh, prairie remnants and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Gardening

A winter vegetable garden and a spring garden bracketing a brutal summer; citrus, figs, pecans and muscadines.

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Fishing

Redfish, speckled trout, flounder and tarpon inshore; largemouth bass, crappie and catfish in the bayous and reservoirs.

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Foraging

Pecans, mayhaws, dewberries, muscadines, persimmons, chanterelles after rain and cattail and palmetto hearts.

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