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 0
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.



























