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.
- Wedgeleaf DrabaDraba cuneifolia
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Selaginella ludovicianaSelaginella ludoviciana
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Blackstem SpleenwortAsplenium resiliens
- Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- Red River ScaleseedSpermolepis inermis
- SpiderlilyHymenocallis occidentalis var. occidentalis
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Walking FernAsplenium rhizophyllum
- Prairie BroomweedAmphiachyris dracunculoides
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Western DaisyAstranthium integrifolium
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Pitchers StitchwortSabulina patula
- Bulblet Bladder FernCystopteris bulbifera
- Limestone Adders TongueOphioglossum engelmannii
- Purple-stem CliffbrakePellaea atropurpurea
- Spreading SandwortArenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Alabama LipfernMyriopteris alabamensis
- Barbed Rattlesnake RootPrenanthes barbata
- Eastern YampahPerideridia americana
- Long Flower BeeblossomGaura longiflora
- Rough Rattlesnake RootPrenanthes aspera
- Blackberry-lilyBelamcanda chinensis
- Button MedickMedicago orbicularis
- Croton capitatus var. lindheimeriCroton capitatus var. lindheimeri
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Midwestern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum
- Rock SpikemossSelaginella rupestris
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.