Habitat in Mississippi
Forest edges and thickets
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets. Schafale
- Plants
- 172
- Birds
- 106
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 172
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Rosinweed SunflowerHelianthus silphioides
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Buffalo CloverTrifolium reflexum
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Cutleaf GoldenrodSolidago arguta
- Hairy GoldenrodSolidago hispida var. hispida
- Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
- Hairy LettuceLactuca hirsuta
- Upland BonesetEupatorium sessilifolium
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Creeping LespedezaLespedeza repens
- Matted CrowngrassPaspalum minus
- Sour CrowngrassPaspalum conjugatum
- Violet LespedezaLespedeza frutescens
- Wand LespedezaLespedeza violacea
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Panicled Tick TrefoilDesmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Thicket BeanPhaseolus polystachios
- Spotted St. John's-wortHypericum punctatum
- MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
- Virginia Virgin's-bowerClematis virginiana
- Velvet WitchgrassDichanthelium scoparium
- Carolina PhloxPhlox carolina
- Common Elephant's-footElephantopus tomentosus
- Hoary Mountain MintPycnanthemum incanum var. puberulum
- Hazel DodderCuscuta coryli
- Bent-awn PlumegrassErianthus contortus
- Bigtop LovegrassEragrostis hirsuta
- Goats BeardAruncus dioicus var. dioicus
- Eastern Angle PodGonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- One-seed Bur-cucumberSicyos angulatus
- Fringed NutrushScleria ciliata
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Black RaspberryRubus occidentalis
- Resindot SunflowerHelianthus resinosus
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Downy GoldenrodSolidago puberula
- Early GoldenrodSolidago juncea
- Field ThistleCirsium discolor
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Tall ThistleCirsium altissimum
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Tall ThoroughwortEupatorium altissimum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 61
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Near water in this habitat 8
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (37)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.



























































































