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.
- Narrowleaf GumweedGrindelia lanceolata
- Nettleleaf SageSalvia urticifolia
- Tansy RosinweedSilphium pinnatifidum
- WidowscrossSedum pulchellum
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis ligusticifolia
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Ringseed RushJuncus filipendulus
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Arkansas CalamintClinopodium arkansanum
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Tapertip FlatsedgeCyperus acuminatus
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Snowy Black AnthersMelanthera nivea
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. trifoliata
- Hairy Mock-orangePhiladelphus hirsutus
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Sharp Scale Spike Rush; Flat Stem Spike RushEleocharis compressa var. compressa
- Drummonds DropseedSporobolus compositus var. drummondii
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Kunth's Maiden-fernPelazoneuron kunthii
- Side Oats Grama; Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
- Composite DropseedSporobolus compositus var. compositus
- Ozark DropseedSporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Large Stem AlumrootHeuchera macrorhiza
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Rock MuhlyMuhlenbergia sobolifera
- Upland Swamp PrivetForestiera ligustrina
- Carolina AnemoneAnemone caroliniana
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- Heliotropium tenellumHeliotropium tenellum
- Spreading RockcressArabis patens
- Great Plains Ladies TressesSpiranthes magnicamporum
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.