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 DogwoodCornus florida
- Veiny Lined AsterSymphyotrichum praealtum var. praealtum
- Louisiana Lettuce; Biannual LettuceLactuca ludoviciana
- Mountain HollyIlex montana
- Alabama AzaleaRhododendron alabamense
- Hairy Heart Leaf AsterSymphyotrichum drummondii
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Rigid Whitetop AsterSymphyotrichum retroflexum
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Smooth Blue AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Red Oak; Northern Red OakQuercus rubra var. rubra
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- White OakQuercus alba
- Hairy Fleabane; Robins PlantainErigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum nudum var. cassinoides
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Pear HawthornCrataegus calpodendron
- Roundleaf RagwortPackera obovata
- Sweet Scented Joe Pye WeedEutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Carolina CrownbeardVerbesina walteri
- Crataegus mendosaCrataegus mendosa
- Crataegus trifloraCrataegus triflora
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- JumpseedPersicaria virginiana
- White AshFraxinus americana
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Cedar ElmUlmus crassifolia
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Fewflower Tick-trefoilDesmodium pauciflorum
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
- Bigleaf MagnoliaMagnolia macrophylla
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 78
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 14
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.