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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 170
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Scoparia dulcisScoparia dulcis
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomGaura filipes
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon hirsutior
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Long-stem Adder's-tongueOphioglossum petiolatum
- South American Mexican CloverRichardia humistrata
- Brazilian SatintailImperata brasiliensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 48
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
Near water in this habitat 14
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Great EgretArdea alba
Widespread birds also seen here (32)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- 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
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.












































































