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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 302
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Gaylussacia mosieriGaylussacia mosieri
- Kalmia hirsutaKalmia hirsuta
- Pineland St. John's-wortHypericum suffruticosum
- Roundpod St. John's-wortHypericum cistifolium
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- Canadian St. John's-wortHypericum canadense
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coastal Carrion-flowerSmilax pseudochina
- Savanna TickseedCoreopsis linifolia
- Early CrowngrassPaspalum praecox
- Liatris spicata var. resinosaLiatris spicata var. resinosa
- Savanna SneezeweedHelenium vernale
- Hammock SedgeCarex fissa var. aristata
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- Seaside SeedboxLudwigia maritima
- Southeastern SeedboxLudwigia linifolia
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
- Agalinis filicaulisAgalinis filicaulis
- Agalinis pulchellaAgalinis pulchella
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Marsh EryngoEryngium aquaticum
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Shortleaf LobeliaLobelia brevifolia
- Pine LilyLilium catesbaei
- Stout RushJuncus nodatus
- Carphephorus pseudoliatrisCarphephorus pseudoliatris
- Spring Hill FlaxLinum macrocarpum
- Florida Yellow FlaxLinum floridanum var. floridanum
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- One-flower Honeycomb-headBalduina uniflora
- Pale Pitcher PlantSarracenia alata
- Rose Pitcherplant; Rose Pitcher PlantSarracenia rosea
- Whitetop PitcherplantSarracenia leucophylla
- Baldwin's BeaksedgeRhynchospora baldwinii
- Clustered BeaksedgeRhynchospora glomerata
- Elliott's BeaksedgeRhynchospora elliottii
- Fairy BeaksedgeRhynchospora pusilla
- Fringed BeaksedgeRhynchospora ciliaris
- Slender BeaksedgeRhynchospora gracilenta
- Threadleaf BeaksedgeRhynchospora filifolia
- Torrey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora torreyana
- Xyris louisianicaXyris louisianica
- Baldwin's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris baldwiniana
- Curtiss's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis var. curtissii
- Roundleaf BluetHoustonia procumbens
- Three-angle SpikerushEleocharis tricostata
- Pine Barren FluffgrassTridens ambiguus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 56
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
Widespread birds also seen here (34)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Carolina Chickadee
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- 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.


























