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.
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis ligusticifolia
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
- American Halfchaff SedgeLipocarpha maculata
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Ovateleaf FlatsedgeCyperus ovatus
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Rough American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. muricata
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Northern Seabeach OrachAtriplex mucronata
- PoorjoeDiodia teres
- Atriplex cristataAtriplex cristata
- Dune Marsh-elderIva imbricata
- Nuttallanthus floridanusNuttallanthus floridanus
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Lycium carolinianumLycium carolinianum
- Rooted SpikerushEleocharis radicans
- Roundleaf BluetHoustonia procumbens
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Coastal Sand FrostweedCrocanthemum arenicola
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
- Pinebarren FrostweedCrocanthemum corymbosum
- Ceratiola ericoidesCeratiola ericoides
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Pinewoods FingergrassEustachys petraea
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringiiStylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
- Woodland Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes sylvatica
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- Gulf Coast Sea RocketCakile constricta
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 159
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.