Habitat in Mississippi
Hardwood and oak flatwoods
Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp. NatureServe
- Plants
- 19
- Birds
- 99
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Swamp Post OakQuercus similis
- Oglethorpe OakQuercus oglethorpensis
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Crataegus brachyacanthaCrataegus brachyacantha
- Cedar ElmUlmus crassifolia
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Barrens MilkweedAsclepias hirtella
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Michigan LilyLilium michiganense
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Inland MuhlyMuhlenbergia glabrifloris
- Barbed Rattlesnake RootPrenanthes barbata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 85
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Near water in this habitat 14
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.