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.
- Hairy BluestemAndropogon hirsutior
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Indian CupscaleSacciolepis indica
- South American Mexican CloverRichardia humistrata
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.
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
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.