Habitat in Mississippi
Sandhills
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 236
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Southern BrackenPteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum
- Little Floating-heartNymphoides cordata
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Southern DawnflowerStylisma humistrata
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Queen's-delightStillingia sylvatica
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- False RosemaryConradina canescens
- Sandbog Death-camasZigadenus glaberrimus
- Coastal Plain Small Spreading PogoniaCleistesiopsis oricamporum
- Purple SilkyscaleAnthaenantia rufa
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Carolina SilkgrassPityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Paspalum plicatulumPaspalum plicatulum
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Liatris elegans var. elegansLiatris elegans var. elegans
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Salvia azurea var. azureaSalvia azurea var. azurea
- Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferumSchizachyrium stoloniferum
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus caespitosus
- Hairy PhloxPhlox amoena
- Chapman's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris chapmanii
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Tropical PuffNeptunia pubescens
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringiiStylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
- Aristida beyrichianaAristida beyrichiana
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
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.