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.
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Soft Golden-asterChrysopsis pilosa
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Asclepias obovataAsclepias obovata
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Carex striata var. striataCarex striata var. striata
- Catesby's BindweedCalystegia catesbeiana
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Schizachyrium tenerumSchizachyrium tenerum
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Carpet Witchgrass; Carpet Witch GrassDichanthelium chamaelonche
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- White-edge WitchgrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. tenue
- Canna flaccidaCanna flaccida
- Dichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescensDichanthelium strigosum var. glabrescens
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Fewflower BeaksedgeRhynchospora rariflora
- Harvey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harveyi
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Acid-swamp Yellow-eyed-grassXyris serotina
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis var. floridana
- Harper's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris scabrifolia
- Xyris elliottiiXyris elliottii
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- Elliott's GentianGentiana catesbyi
- Orange MilkwortSenega lutea
- Polygala crenataSenega crenata
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
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.






























