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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 270
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Amsonia ludovicianaAmsonia ludoviciana
- Eastern LeatherwoodDirca palustris
- Little Sweet TrilliumTrillium cuneatum
- Illicium floridanumIllicium floridanum
- Sessile-leaf BellwortUvularia sessilifolia
- Uvularia floridanaUvularia floridana
- Eastern Angle PodGonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
- Woodland AgrimonyAgrimonia rostellata
- Indian-pipeMonotropa uniflora
- Virginia SnakerootAristolochia serpentaria
- Large Solomons Seal; King Solomons SealPolygonatum biflorum var. commutatum
- Yellow Star-grassHypoxis hirsuta
- Little Brown JugHexastylis arifolia
- American GinsengPanax quinquefolius
- Canadian Black Snake RootSanicula canadensis var. canadensis
- Fourleaf Wild YamDioscorea quaternata
- One-seed Bur-cucumberSicyos angulatus
- Small's Black-snakerootSanicula smallii
- Yellow YamDioscorea villosa
- False Rue-anemoneEnemion biternatum
- Virginia StickseedHackelia virginiana
- Hedgehog WoodrushLuzula echinata
- Common Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
- Autumn CoralrootCorallorhiza odontorhiza
- Hairy-fruit ChervilChaerophyllum tainturieri
- Lowland Bladder FernCystopteris protrusa
- Purple TwaybladeLiparis liliifolia
- Shadow-witchPonthieva racemosa
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Pear HawthornCrataegus calpodendron
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Blue Ridge Carrion-flowerSmilax lasioneura
- Ohio BuckeyeAesculus glabra var. glabra
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Near water in this habitat 8
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Widespread birds also seen here (42)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- 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)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park1, Clarinetguy097 habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.



































