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 125
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Widespread birds also seen here (34)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Kestrel
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- 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-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- 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.
























































