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 0
Widespread birds also seen here (37)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Blue Grosbeak
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- 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
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tufted Titmouse
- 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.