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.
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.