Habitat in Mississippi
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone
Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades. Schafale
- Plants
- 134
- Birds
- 21
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Erigeron strigosus var. calcicolaErigeron strigosus var. calcicola
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- Southeastern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- White Heath Aster; Squarrose White AsterSymphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Crataegus trifloraCrataegus triflora
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Slender Flower Beard TonguePenstemon tenuiflorus
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- White Prairie CloverDalea candida
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Opuntia macrorhizaOpuntia macrorhiza
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Barren St. JohnswortHypericum sphaerocarpum
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Cream Tick-trefoilDesmodium ochroleucum
- Heartleaf PlantainPlantago cordata
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Celliotts FanpetalsSida elliottii var. elliottii
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Crawes SedgeCarex crawei
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Little Tooth SedgeCarex microdonta
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Troublesome SedgeCarex molesta
- Pink PurslanePortulaca pilosa
- Chapman's Nettle Leaf SageSalvia chapmanii
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Parasol SedgeCarex umbellata
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Skinners False FoxgloveAgalinis skinneriana
- Compass PlantSilphium laciniatum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 18
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Near water in this habitat 3
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
- Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.