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
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine WarblerDendroica 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
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.