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 Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Solidago sempervirens var. mexicanaSolidago sempervirens var. mexicana
- Woody GoldenrodChrysoma pauciflosculosa
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Beach Morning-gloryIpomoea imperati
- Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotrilobaIpomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Seabeach Evening-primroseOenothera humifusa
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis walteri
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris
- Cottony Golden-asterChrysopsis gossypina
- Upland RedbayTamala borbonia
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Glowing NightshadeSolanum pseudogracile
- Gulfdune PaspalumPaspalum monostachyum
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Northern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia polygonifolia
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Aloe YuccaYucca aloifolia
- Mound-lily YuccaYucca gloriosa
- Dune BluestemSchizachyrium scoparium subsp. littorale
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Agalinis harperiAgalinis harperi
- Commelina erecta var. angustifoliaCommelina erecta var. angustifolia
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Panicum amarum var. amarulumPanicum amarum var. amarulum
- Panicum amarum var. amarumPanicum amarum var. amarum
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianumChenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
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.