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.
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Eastern YampahPerideridia americana
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomGaura filipes
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Long Flower BeeblossomGaura longiflora
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Texas False DandelionPyrrhopappus pauciflorus
- Common Blanketflower; Firewheel; Indian Blanket; Common Blanket Flower; Fire WheelGaillardia pulchella var. pulchella
- Pink Evening-primroseOenothera speciosa
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Slender centauryCentaurium tenuiflorum
- Slender VervainVerbena rigida
- Smut-grassSporobolus indicus
- White SagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Dracopis amplexicaulisDracopis amplexicaulis
- Lemon Bee BalmMonarda citriodora var. citriodora
- Long-stem Adder's-tongueOphioglossum petiolatum
- Texas BluegrassPoa arachnifera
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Silverleaf NightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium
- Cyperus entrerianusCyperus entrerianus
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.

































