CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ACTIONS^173About 400,000 acres of this forest type is found in the state (1.3 percent of Mississippi).
The annual losses of forested wetlands in Mississippi during the 1960's and 1970's were estimated to be
about 0.5 percent per year. Fragmentation, developments near swamp lands and logging of mature
stands has reduced the quality of this subtype.
Bald cypress/gum swamp forests are considered vulnerable in the state due to historic widespread
declines and recent losses caused by a wide range of developments that create additional isolation and
fragmentation.
SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED ASSOCIATED WITH
BALD CYPRESS/GUM SWAMP FORESTS
GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TIER
Birds Mycteria americana Wood Stork 2
Elanoides forficatus Swallow-Tailed Kite 2
Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron 2
Euphagus carolinus Rusty Blackbird 2
Eudocimus albus White Ibis 2
Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler 3
Anhinga anhinga Anhinga 3
Nycticorax nycticorax Black-Crowned Night-Heron 3
Seiurus motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-Headed Woodpecker 3
Egretta thula Snowy Egret 3
Egretta tricolor Tricolored Heron 3
Nycticorax violaceus Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron 3
Campephilus principalis Ivory-Billed Woodpecker 4
Fish Notropis melanostomus Blackmouth Shiner 1
Mammals Myotis austroriparius Southeastern Myotis 1
Ursus americanus luteolus Louisiana Black Bear 1
Lasiurus cinereus Hoary Bat 2
Myotis grisescens Gray Myotis 2
Lasiurus intermedius Northern Yellow Bat 2
Corynorhinus rafinesquii Rafinesque's Big-Eared Bat 2
Myotis septentrionalis Northern Myotis 2
Ursus americanus Black Bear 2
Myotis sodalis Indiana Or Social Myotis 4
Puma concolor coryi Florida Panther 4
Reptiles Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle 2