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.
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Canna flaccidaCanna flaccida
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescensDichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Roger's LobeliaLobelia rogersii
- Shortleaf LobeliaLobelia brevifolia
- Pine LilyLilium catesbaei
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- Stout RushJuncus nodatus
- Carphephorus pseudoliatrisCarphephorus pseudoliatris
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Spring Hill FlaxLinum macrocarpum
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Florida Yellow FlaxLinum floridanum var. floridanum
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Linum floridanum var. chrysocarpumLinum floridanum var. chrysocarpum
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Rhexia mariana var. exalbidaRhexia mariana var. exalbida
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- One-flower Honeycomb-headBalduina uniflora
- Pale Pitcher PlantSarracenia alata
- Rose Pitcherplant; Rose Pitcher PlantSarracenia rosea
- Ruellia noctifloraRuellia noctiflora
- Sarracenia psittacinaSarracenia psittacina
- Whitetop PitcherplantSarracenia leucophylla
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Baldwin's BeaksedgeRhynchospora baldwinii
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Clustered BeaksedgeRhynchospora glomerata
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Elliott's BeaksedgeRhynchospora elliottii
- Fairy BeaksedgeRhynchospora pusilla
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
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.