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.
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Yellow PuffNeptunia lutea
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Spoonleaf SundewDrosera intermedia
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Eastern Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium atlanticum
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Swamp HornpodMitreola sessilifolia
- Woolly SunbonnetsChaptalia tomentosa
- Few Flower Nut RushScleria pauciflora var. pauciflora
- Sandbog Death-camasZigadenus glaberrimus
- Slender-fruit NutrushScleria georgiana
- Tuberous Grass PinkCalopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
- Coastal False-asphodelTriantha racemosa
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Erect CoinleafCentella erecta
- Fuirena pumilaFuirena pumila
- Fuirena scirpoideaFuirena scirpoidea
- Hairy Umbrella SedgeFuirena squarrosa
- White ScrewstemBartonia verna
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Coastal Plain Small Spreading PogoniaCleistesiopsis oricamporum
- Purple SilkyscaleAnthaenantia rufa
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Ridge Stem False Fox GloveAgalinis oligophylla
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium stoloniferum
- Rattlesnake Master; Button EryngoEryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- Rhexia mariana var. exalbidaRhexia mariana var. exalbida
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
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.






































