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 0
Near water in this habitat 8
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Widespread birds also seen here (32)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- 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
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Tufted Titmouse
- 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.
































