Habitat in Mississippi

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines. Schafale

Plants: 270
Birds: 92

Plants

Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.

Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Tree. Native
Veiny Lined Aster
Symphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Louisiana Lettuce; Biannual Lettuce
Lactuca ludoviciana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mountain Holly
Ilex montana
Tree. Native
Alabama Azalea
Rhododendron alabamense
Shrub. Native
Hairy Heart Leaf Aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pink Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Shrub. Native
Rigid Whitetop Aster
Symphyotrichum retroflexum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Slender Flat-top Goldenrod
Euthamia caroliniana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Arrowleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Tree. Native
Red Oak; Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Tree. Native
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Tree. Native
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Tree. Native
White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree. Native
Hairy Fleabane; Robins Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Florida Maple
Acer floridanum
Tree. Native
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Arrow Wood
Viburnum recognitum
Tree. Native
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum var. saccharum
Tree. Native
Witherod Viburnum
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides
Tree. Native
Hollow Joe-pye-weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pear Hawthorn
Crataegus calpodendron
Tree. Native
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sweet Scented Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Wildflower or fern. Native
Arrowleaf Violet
Viola sagittata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Crownbeard
Verbesina walteri
Wildflower or fern. Native
Crataegus mendosa
Crataegus mendosa
Native
Crataegus triflora
Crataegus triflora
Native
Dark Indigo Bush
Amorpha nitens
Shrub. Native
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Tree. Native
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Shrub. Native
Southern Woodland Violet
Viola hirsutula
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree. Native
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Tree. Native
Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Tree. Native
Buckthorn Bumelia
Sideroxylon lycioides
Tree. Native
Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia
Tree. Native
Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed Coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
Shrub. Native
Fewflower Tick-trefoil
Desmodium pauciflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vine. Native
Vitis cinerea
Vitis cinerea
Vine. Native
Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla
Tree. Native
Cat Greenbrier
Smilax glauca
Shrub. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 78

American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Year-round
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Year-round
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Year-round, beside its main habitat
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Year-round
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Year-round
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Winter
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Year-round
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Winter
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Year-round
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Year-round
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Year-round
Black-and-White Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Year-round
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Summer
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Year-round
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Year-round
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Year-round
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Year-round
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Year-round
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Year-round
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Year-round
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
Summer
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Summer
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Year-round
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Summer
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Year-round
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Summer, beside its main habitat
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Winter
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Year-round
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Year-round
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Winter
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Summer
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asio
Year-round
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Year-round
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Summer
Eurasian Collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Year-round
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Year-round
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Winter
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Winter
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Year-round
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Summer
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Year-round
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Winter
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Summer
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Summer
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Winter
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Year-round

Near water in this habitat 14

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Year-round, only within 60 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Year-round, only within 120 m of water
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Summer, only within 120 m of water
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Summer, only within 120 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.