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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 115
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Long Flower BeeblossomGaura longiflora
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Matted SandmatEuphorbia serpens
- East Indian BristlegrassSetaria barbata
- Selaginella uncinataSelaginella uncinata
- Upland CottonGossypium hirsutum
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Japanese Lady FernDeparia petersenii
- Scarlet Sage; Blood SageSalvia coccinea
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Hoary BowlesiaBowlesia incana
- Oriental False HawksbeardYoungia japonica
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
- Ladder BrakePteris vittata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 47
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
Widespread birds also seen here (29)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- 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-rumped Warbler
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.

























































