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.
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Southern SedgeCarex austrina
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Rattlesnake Master; Button EryngoEryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- Pale LobeliaLobelia appendiculata
- Callirhoe papaverCallirhoe papaver
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. trifoliata
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis campestris
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- Potato Dwarf-dandelionKrigia dandelion
- Tropical PuffNeptunia pubescens
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- Red River ScaleseedSpermolepis inermis
- Tansy DogshadeLimnosciadium pinnatum
- Featherstem ClubmossLycopodiella prostrata
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Gratiola hispidaGratiola hispida
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
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.












































































