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.
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- Zigzag SpiderwortTradescantia subaspera
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Dixie Whitetop AsterSericocarpus tortifolius
- Narrowleaf Whitetop AsterSericocarpus linifolius
- Combleaf Yellow False FoxgloveAureolaria pectinata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Bristly FlatsedgeCyperus hystricinus
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Prairie SnoutbeanRhynchosia latifolia
- Erect SnoutbeanRhynchosia tomentosa
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium marianum
- Rattlesnake HawkweedHieracium venosum
- Rough HawkweedHieracium scabrum
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Mullein FoxgloveDasistoma macrophyllum
- Southern DawnflowerStylisma humistrata
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- Queen's-delightStillingia sylvatica
- Yellow PimpernelTaenidia integerrima
- Green-violetHybanthus concolor
- Carolina CoralbeadCocculus carolinus
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera pubescens
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
- Carolina SilkgrassPityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus caespitosus
- Hairy PhloxPhlox amoena
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.

































