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.
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Savanna TickseedCoreopsis linifolia
- Early CrowngrassPaspalum praecox
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Liatris spicata var. resinosaLiatris spicata var. resinosa
- Longleaf MilkweedAsclepias longifolia
- Michaux's MilkweedAsclepias michauxii
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Savanna SneezeweedHelenium vernale
- Carex striata var. striataCarex striata var. striata
- Catesby's BindweedCalystegia catesbeiana
- Hammock SedgeCarex fissa var. aristata
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- Seaside SeedboxLudwigia maritima
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Southeastern SeedboxLudwigia linifolia
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Schizachyrium tenerumSchizachyrium tenerum
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
- Agalinis filicaulisAgalinis filicaulis
- Agalinis pulchellaAgalinis pulchella
- Ridge Stem False Fox GloveAgalinis oligophylla
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon hirsutior
- Mohr's BluestemAndropogon mohrii
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium stoloniferum
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Scaleleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis aphylla
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Carpet Witchgrass; Carpet Witch GrassDichanthelium chamaelonche
- Florida Hoary-peaTephrosia florida
- Naked Stem Witch GrassDichanthelium nudicaule
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Sprawling Hoary-peaTephrosia hispidula
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- White-edge WitchgrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. tenue
- Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetumEryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum
- Marsh EryngoEryngium aquaticum
- Rattlesnake Master; Button EryngoEryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
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.