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.
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- Oblong-fruit PinweedLechea racemulosa
- Woodland Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes sylvatica
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Blackberry-lilyBelamcanda chinensis
- Tung-oil TreeVernicia fordii
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.





































