Habitat in Mississippi
Coastal Plain hammocks
Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests. NatureServe
- Plants
- 115
- Birds
- 76
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- Ear Leaf GoldenrodSolidago auriculata
- Rhododendron austrinumRhododendron austrinum
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Darlington OakQuercus hemisphaerica
- Sand Live OakQuercus geminata
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Missouri IronweedVernonia missurica
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Upland RedbayTamala borbonia
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
- Sarsaparilla Vine; Dwarf SmilaxSmilax pumila
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanum
- Bigleaf MagnoliaMagnolia macrophylla
- Red Buckeye; Scarlet BuckeyeAesculus pavia var. pavia
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Blue Ridge Carrion-flowerSmilax lasioneura
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Pyramid MagnoliaMagnolia pyramidata
- Celliotts FanpetalsSida elliottii var. elliottii
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Carex baltzelliiCarex baltzellii
- Carex dasycarpaCarex dasycarpa
- Mouse's-earStachys crenata
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Florida SedgeCarex floridana
- Muhlenbergs SedgeCarex muehlenbergii var. muehlenbergii
- Slender Looseflower SedgeCarex gracilescens
- Southern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana var. silicicola
- Star ChickweedStellaria pubera
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Copper IrisIris fulva
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 76
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.

















































































