Habitat in Mississippi
Moderately dry forests
Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes. Schafale
- Plants
- 15
- Birds
- 81
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 15
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Woodland LettuceLactuca floridana
- Rosy SedgeCarex rosea
- Southern Wedge-Leaf VioletViola tenuipes
- Canadian Black Snake RootSanicula canadensis var. canadensis
- Small's Black-snakerootSanicula smallii
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Inflated Narrow Leaf SedgeCarex grisea
- Mullein FoxgloveDasistoma macrophyllum
- Yellow PimpernelTaenidia integerrima
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- SweetshrubCalycanthus floridus
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 40
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
Near water in this habitat 3
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- 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)
- Oak-hickory-forest-col-tn1, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.






















































