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.
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. gracile
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- Symphyotrichum laeve var. purpuratumSymphyotrichum laeve var. purpuratum
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Hairy Heart Leaf AsterSymphyotrichum drummondii
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Sweet GoldenrodSolidago odora
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Chestnut OakQuercus prinus
- Red Oak; Northern Red OakQuercus rubra var. rubra
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
- White OakQuercus alba
- Allegheny ChinquapinCastanea pumila
- American ChestnutCastanea dentata
- Southern Wedge-Leaf VioletViola tenuipes
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- White ThoroughwortEupatorium album
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Slender Flower Beard TonguePenstemon tenuiflorus
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Cream Wild IndigoBaptisia bracteata
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Carolina SilkgrassPityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- St. Andrew's-crossHypericum hypericoides
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 77
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 8
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.














































































