Habitat in Mississippi
Dry forests and woodlands
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine. Schafale
- Plants
- 190
- Birds
- 85

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 190
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Kentucky SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta
- American GromwellLithospermum latifolium
- Doubleform SnoutbeanRhynchosia difformis
- Spring Forget-me-notMyosotis verna
- Heller's Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium helleri
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Eastern BrackenPteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum
- Plantain-leaf PussytoesAntennaria plantaginifolia
- Clasping Venus's-looking-glassTriodanis perfoliata
- Indian-pipeMonotropa uniflora
- Virginia SnakerootAristolochia serpentaria
- Yellow Star-grassHypoxis hirsuta
- American IpecacGillenia stipulata
- Little Brown JugHexastylis arifolia
- Hedgehog WoodrushLuzula echinata
- Northern Green-and-goldChrysogonum virginianum
- Bulbous WoodrushLuzula bulbosa
- Wavyleaf NoseburnTragia urens
- Tragia smalliiTragia smallii
- Autumn CoralrootCorallorhiza odontorhiza
- Crested CoralrootHexalectris spicata
- Indian PinkSpigelia marilandica
- Southern JointweedPolygonella americana
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Sweet GoldenrodSolidago odora
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Slender Flower Beard TonguePenstemon tenuiflorus
- Cream Wild IndigoBaptisia bracteata
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- Fuzzy Wuzzy SedgeCarex hirsutella
- Midland SedgeCarex mesochorea
- Rezniceks SedgeCarex reznicekii
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans var. albicans
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Near water in this habitat 4
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Widespread birds also seen here (38)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Blue Grosbeak
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- 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
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- 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)
- Snake-den-ridge-trail-gsmnp2, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.





































