Habitat in Mississippi
Sandhills
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Erect MilkpeaGalactia erecta
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Carolina SilkgrassPityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
- Cottony Golden-asterChrysopsis gossypina
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Running Partridge PeaChamaecrista horizontalis
- Slender LespedezaLespedeza virginica
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- Asclepias obovataAsclepias obovata
- Euphorbia discoidalisEuphorbia discoidalis
- Pine-barren Tick-trefoilDesmodium strictum
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Sandhills BeanPhaseolus polystachios var. sinuatus
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Heartleaf SandmatEuphorbia cordifolia
- Liatris elegans var. elegansLiatris elegans var. elegans
- Liatris elegans var. kraliiLiatris elegans var. kralii
- Liatris gracilisLiatris gracilis
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Shaggy Blazing Star; Shaggy BlazingstarLiatris elegantula
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Bog SpicebushLindera subcoriacea
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Pinebarren SedgeCarex turgescens
- Schizachyrium tenerumSchizachyrium tenerum
- Wire SedgeCarex tenax
- Agalinis pulchellaAgalinis pulchella
- Chattahoochee False FoxgloveAgalinis plukenetii
- SourwoodOxydendrum arboreum
- Salvia azurea var. azureaSalvia azurea var. azurea
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium stoloniferum
- Tephrosia chrysophyllaTephrosia chrysophylla
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Mississippi yet.
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.