Habitat in Mississippi
Coastal dunes and beaches
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them. Schafale
- Plants
- 118
- Birds
- 159
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 118
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Rooted SpikerushEleocharis radicans
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
- Pinebarren FrostweedCrocanthemum corymbosum
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- White ScrewstemBartonia verna
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringiiStylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
- Woodland Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes sylvatica
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Spreading SandwortArenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
- Gratiola hispidaGratiola hispida
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis ligusticifolia
- American Halfchaff SedgeLipocarpha maculata
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 129
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
Widespread birds also seen here (30)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Kestrel
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.









































































