Editing Amite County, Mississippi (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|732|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|730|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.5|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928074019/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_28.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 2, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 98.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 98]]
* [[File:Circle sign 24.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 24]]
* [[File:Circle sign 33.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 33]]
* [[File:Circle sign 48.svg|20px]] [[Mississippi Highway 48]]
* [[Mississippi Highway 569]]
* [[Mississippi Highway 570]]
* [[Mississippi Highway 567]]
* [[Mississippi Highway 568]]
* [[Mississippi Highway 571]]
* [[Mississippi Highway 584]]
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===Adjacent counties===
* [[Franklin County, Mississippi|Franklin County]] (north)
* [[Lincoln County, Mississippi|Lincoln County]] (northeast)
* [[Pike County, Mississippi|Pike County]] (east)
* [[Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana]] (southeast)
* [[St. Helena Parish, Louisiana]] (south)
* [[East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana]] (southwest)
* [[Wilkinson County, Mississippi|Wilkinson County]] (west)

===National protected area===
* [[Homochitto National Forest]] (part)

===State protected area===
* Ethel Stratton Vance Natural Area<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amitecounty.ms/ethel-stratton-vance-natural-area|title=Ethel Stratton Vance Natural Area|date=March 17, 2014 |publisher=Amite County, Mississippi|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref>

===Flora and fauna===
The [[flora]] of Amite County includes about 1000 species of [[vascular plants]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Alford|first1=Mac|title=The vascular flora of Amite County, Mississippi|journal=SIDA, Contributions to Botany|year=2001|volume=19|pages=645–699|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163357#/summary|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Havran|first1=J. Christopher|title=A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the Homochitto National Forest, Mississippi (M.S. Thesis)|date=2004|publisher=University of Louisiana at Monroe|location=Monroe, Louisiana}}</ref>
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File:Illicium floridanum illiciaceae.jpg|''[[Illicium floridanum]]'', Florida anise or stinkbush, a plant species [[endemism|endemic]] to the southeastern U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plants Profile for Illicium floridanum|url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ILFL|website=USDA PLANTS database|publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>
File:Bottomland hardwood forest amite river.jpg|Bottomland [[Southeastern mixed forests|mixed hardwood-spruce pine forest]] along the West Fork [[Amite River]]
File:Stewartia malacodendron 1130.jpg|''[[Stewartia malacodendron]]'', or silky camellia, an uncommon species of the southeastern U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plants Profile for Stewartia malacodendron|url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=STMA|website=USDA PLANTS database|publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>
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