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Habitats in Mississippi

Places plants grow wild in Mississippi, with the plants and animals found in each.

35 habitats

  1. Cliffs, ledges and rocky summitsCliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead.71 plants, 0 animals
  2. Coastal dunes and beachesOpen sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.118 plants, 159 animals
  3. Coastal Plain hammocksDense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.115 plants, 76 animals
  4. Coastal Plain seepage bogsOpen, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.61 plants, 81 animals
  5. Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.30 plants, 108 animals
  6. Depression ponds and limesinksShallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.98 plants, 0 animals
  7. Disturbed and introduced wetlandsWet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.26 plants, 189 animals
  8. Dry forests and woodlandsForests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.190 plants, 85 animals
  9. Floodplain and bottomland forestsForests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.346 plants, 132 animals
  10. Forest edges and thicketsBorders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.172 plants, 106 animals
  11. Forests and woodlandsForest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.605 plants, 0 animals
  12. Freshwater marshesOpen, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.233 plants, 62 animals
  13. Freshwater tidal marshesMarshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.21 plants, 0 animals
  14. Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestoneOpen, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades.134 plants, 21 animals
  15. Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rockOpen, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro.68 plants, 0 animals
  16. Granite and other acidic rock outcropsBare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.29 plants, 0 animals
  17. Hardwood and oak flatwoodsFlat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.19 plants, 99 animals
  18. Maritime forests and thicketsSalt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.40 plants, 74 animals
  19. MeadowsOpen, grassy or flowery ground that is not wet, such as mountain meadows; wet meadows are separate.46 plants, 0 animals
  20. Moderately dry forestsForests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.15 plants, 81 animals
  21. Moist forestsForests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.270 plants, 92 animals
  22. Oak savannas and openingsOpen-grown oaks over grass and wildflowers, kept open by fire or thin soil; not the treeless prairies or the Coastal Plain's pine savannas.11 plants, 0 animals
  23. Pine flatwoodsFlat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.170 plants, 94 animals
  24. Pine savannasOpen, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.302 plants, 90 animals
  25. Ponds, lakes and their shoresStill water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.200 plants, 93 animals
  26. Prairies and grasslandsOpen, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.240 plants, 78 animals
  27. Roadsides, fields and disturbed groundGround opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.1,094 plants, 161 animals
  28. Salt and brackish marshesCoastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.50 plants, 118 animals
  29. SandhillsDry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.236 plants, 0 animals
  30. Seeps and springsPlaces where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.155 plants, 0 animals
  31. Sounds, bays and tidal flatsSalt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.11 plants, 92 animals
  32. Streams, rivers and their banksFlowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.245 plants, 0 animals
  33. SwampsForested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.291 plants, 144 animals
  34. Tree plantations and managed pinePlanted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.1 plant, 97 animals
  35. Wet meadowsOpen, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.63 plants, 0 animals

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