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.
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- BaybeanCanavalia rosea
- Largeleaf PennywortHydrocotyle bonariensis
- Railroad VineIpomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
- Common FigFicus carica
- Creeping WoodsorrelOxalis corniculata
- Crowfoot GrassDactyloctenium aegyptium
- Dysphania anthelminticaDysphania anthelmintica
- Slender AmaranthAmaranthus viridis
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
- Puncture-vineTribulus terrestris
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 159
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
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.