CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ACTIONS^92sand sources and homesites; fires suppression, lack of controlled burning and conversion to other land
uses, including pine plantations have serious qualitative and quantitative decline of this community.
However, Little Florida Conservation Site on DeSoto National Forest is in excellent condition as are
some other areas devoted to the protection of the gopher tortoise.
This subtype is considered critically imperiled in the state because of extreme rarity (few occurrences)
and extensive degradation.
SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED ASSOCIATED WITH
DRY LONGLEAF PINE FORESTS
GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TIER
Amphibians Rana sevosa Mississippi Gopher Frog 1
Pseudacris ornata Ornate Chorus Frog 2
Birds Falco sparverius paulus Southeastern American Kestrel 1
Picoides borealis Red-Cockaded Woodpecker 2
Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow 2
Columbina passerina Common Ground-Dove 2
Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow 2
Ammodramus leconteii Le Conte's Sparrow 2
Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite 3
Sitta pusilla Brown-Headed Nuthatch 3
Dendroica discolor Prairie Warbler 3
Caprimulgus carolinensis Chuck-Will's-Widow 3
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-Headed Woodpecker 3
Campephilus principalis Ivory-Billed Woodpecker 4
Mammals Ursus americanus luteolus Louisiana Black Bear 1
Lasiurus cinereus Hoary Bat 2
Lasiurus intermedius Northern Yellow Bat 2
Myotis septentrionalis Northern Myotis 2
Myotis lucifugus Little Brown Myotis 2
Ursus americanus Black Bear 2
Spilogale putorius Eastern Spotted Skunk 2
Mammals Lasionycteris noctivagans Silver-Haired Bat 4
Reptiles Ophisaurus mimicus Mimic Glass Lizard 1
Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi Black Pine Snake 1
Gopherus polyphemus Gopher Tortoise 2
Micrurus fulvius Eastern Coral Snake 2
Crotalus adamanteus Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake 2
Ophisaurus attenuatus Slender Glass Lizard 2
Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata Mole Kingsnake 2
Masticophis flagellum Eastern Coachwhip 3