Habitat in Mississippi
Pine flatwoods
Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas. Schafale
- Plants
- 170
- Birds
- 94
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Curtiss' BeakrushRhynchospora curtissii
- Rhynchospora fernaldiiRhynchospora fernaldii
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Rhynchosia minimaRhynchosia minima
- Xyris drummondiiXyris drummondii
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis var. floridana
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Savanna Yellow-eyed-grassXyris flabelliformis
- Shortleaf Yellow-eyed-grassXyris brevifolia
- Xyris elliottiiXyris elliottii
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Dwarf MilkwortSenega nana
- Polygala crenataSenega crenata
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Southern BrackenPteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum
- Dense-spike BlackrootPterocaulon pycnostachyum
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Sabatia bartramiiSabatia bartramii
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Pineland PinweedLechea sessiliflora
- Spiranthes brevilabrisSpiranthes brevilabris
- Scarlet ToothcupAmmannia coccinea
- Hillsboro Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. tenuispica
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. virgata
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Aristida beyrichianaAristida beyrichiana
- Aristida mohriiAristida mohrii
- Fringed Star-grassHypoxis juncea
- Yellow HatpinsSyngonanthus flavidulus
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Pineland Rayless-goldenrodBigelowia nudata
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- False RosemaryConradina canescens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 76
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Near water in this habitat 18
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.