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.
- Lesser SnakerootAgeratina aromatica
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Mustang GrapeVitis mustangensis
- Trumpet Beard TonguePenstemon tubiflorus
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Eastern Gray BeardtonguePenstemon canescens
- Slender LespedezaLespedeza virginica
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans var. albicans
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Yellow PassionflowerPassiflora lutea
- American HazelnutCorylus americana
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Narrowleaf Whitetop AsterSericocarpus linifolius
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Rope DodderCuscuta glomerata
- Smooth Elephant's-footElephantopus nudatus
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium marianum
- Rattlesnake HawkweedHieracium venosum
- Rough HawkweedHieracium scabrum
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Curtiss's MilkwortSenega curtissii
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
- Mountain CamelliaStewartia ovata
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Prairie Rose-gentianSabatia campestris
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Carolina CoralbeadCocculus carolinus
- Cutleaf GrapefernBotrychium dissectum
- Southern GrapefernBotrychium biternatum
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
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.
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
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.





















































