Habitat in Mississippi
Pine savannas
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil. Schafale
- Plants
- 302
- Birds
- 90
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Bushy GoldentopEuthamia leptocephala
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Rough GoldentopEuthamia scabra
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Helianthus floridanusHelianthus floridanus
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Variableleaf SunflowerHelianthus heterophyllus
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Northern Wand GoldenrodSolidago stricta
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- LeConte's ThistleCirsium lecontei
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Yellow Thistle; Bull Thistle; Horrid ThistleCirsium horridulum var. horridulum
- Gaylussacia mosieriGaylussacia mosieri
- Running OakQuercus elliottii
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Mohr's ThoroughwortEupatorium mohrii
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Kalmia hirsutaKalmia hirsuta
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Soft Golden-asterChrysopsis pilosa
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Pineland St. John's-wortHypericum suffruticosum
- Roundpod St. John's-wortHypericum cistifolium
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Asclepias obovataAsclepias obovata
- Rosy CamphorweedPluchea rosea
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Canadian St. John's-wortHypericum canadense
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coastal Carrion-flowerSmilax pseudochina
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 90
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
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.