Habitat in Mississippi
Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rock
Open, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Southeastern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Nettleleaf SageSalvia urticifolia
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Rattlesnake Master; Button EryngoEryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Sand Bitter CressCardamine parviflora var. arenicola
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Small-leaved Meadow-rueThalictrum macrostylum
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. trifoliata
- Hairy Mock-orangePhiladelphus hirsutus
- Virginia False GromwellOnosmodium virginianum
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Sharp Scale Spike Rush; Flat Stem Spike RushEleocharis compressa var. compressa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Mississippi yet.
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.