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 0
Near water in this habitat 11
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
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Great EgretArdea alba
Widespread birds also seen here (43)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- 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
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- 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.

























