Habitat in Mississippi
Prairies and grasslands
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies. Schafale
- Plants
- 240
- Birds
- 78
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 240
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Plains LovegrassEragrostis intermedia
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Side Oats Grama; Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Yellow PuffNeptunia lutea
- Lace FlowerPtilimnium nuttallii
- Ribbed BishopweedPtilimnium costatum
- Thimble Weed; Tall AnemoneAnemone virginiana var. virginiana
- Carolina Doll's-daisyBoltonia caroliniana
- Prairie Rose-gentianSabatia campestris
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Wedgeleaf DrabaDraba cuneifolia
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Pitted JointgrassCoelorachis cylindrica
- Boykins Cluster PeaLackeya multiflora
- Finger DogshadeCynosciadium digitatum
- Ozark GrassLimnodea arkansana
- Prairie ParsleyPolytaenia nuttallii
- Rough Rattlesnake RootPrenanthes aspera
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Small Flower VetchVicia minutiflora
- Crataegus brachyacanthaCrataegus brachyacantha
- Crataegus trifloraCrataegus triflora
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Long Leaf Ground CherryPhysalis longifolia var. longifolia
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Cedar ElmUlmus crassifolia
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Five Lobe St. JohnswortHypericum lobocarpum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 42
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Near water in this habitat 10
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Widespread birds also seen here (26)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-breasted Chat
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.













































































