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.
- Nuttall's MilkwortSenega nuttallii
- Polygala chapmaniiSenega chapmanii
- Crested Fringed OrchidPlatanthera cristata
- Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicuaPlatanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua
- Snowy OrchidPlatanthera nivea
- Slender Rose-gentianSabatia campanulata
- Carolina RedrootLachnanthes caroliniana
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Spiranthes brevilabrisSpiranthes brevilabris
- Water DawnflowerStylisma aquatica
- Drosera tracyiDrosera tracyi
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. virgata
- Fringed Star-grassHypoxis juncea
- Pineland Rayless-goldenrodBigelowia nudata
- Toothache GrassCtenium aromaticum
- Mecardonia acuminata var. microphyllaMecardonia acuminata var. microphylla
- Crow PoisonStenanthium texanum
- Crow-poisonStenanthium densum
- Bearded Grass-pinkCalopogon barbatus
- Many-flowered Grass-pinkCalopogon multiflorus
- Oklahoma Grass PinkCalopogon oklahomensis
- Pale Grass-pinkCalopogon pallidus
- Slender ClubmossPseudolycopodiella caroliniana
- American ChaffseedSchwalbea americana
- Capillary HairsedgeBulbostylis ciliatifolia
- Combleaf Mermaid-weedProserpinaca pectinata
- Fuirena brevisetaFuirena breviseta
- Longleaf WedgescaleSphenopholis filiformis
- Northern BluethreadBurmannia biflora
- Rose PogoniaPogonia ophioglossoides
- Shaggy Hedge-hyssopGratiola pilosa
- Small ButterwortPinguicula pumila
- Southern BluethreadBurmannia capitata
- Lycopodiella cernuaPalhinhaea cernua
- Pineland BogbuttonsLachnocaulon digynum
- Helianthus radulaHelianthus radula
- Bushy GoldentopEuthamia leptocephala
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Rough GoldentopEuthamia scabra
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Yellow Thistle; Bull Thistle; Horrid ThistleCirsium horridulum var. horridulum
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 62
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- 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 (28)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- 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-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- 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.













































