CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ACTIONS^250Extensive areas of maritime woodlands have been developed for other uses. Of the remaining areas,
much of which is under public ownership, are in good condition. Woodlands found on private lands are
vulnerable to commercial development or intensive forest management. Cogongrass is rampant across
the range of this community and has invaded much of the road sides and woodlands in the vicinity. Its
increased presence makes the maritime woodlands especially vulnerable to new infestations of this
pandemic weed.
This subtype is critically imperiled in the state due to its extreme rarity and because of the threats of
urbanization and exotic weeds that contribute to further declines.
SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED ASSOCIATED WITH
MARITIME WOODLANDS
GROUP SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME TIER
Amphibians Bufo nebulifer Gulf Coast Toad 3
Birds Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail 1
Falco sparverius paulus Southeastern American Kestrel 1
Migrant Songbirds 1
Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler 2
Columbina passerina Common Ground-Dove 2
Passerina ciris Painted Bunting 2
Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler 2
Aimophila aestivalis Bachman's Sparrow 2
Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow 2
Ammodramus savannarum Grasshopper Sparrow 2
Caprimulgus carolinensis Chuck-Will's-Widow 3
Oporornis formosus Kentucky Warbler 3
Seiurus motacilla Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Dendroica discolor Prairie Warbler 3
Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler 3
Piranga olivacea Scarlet Tanager 3
Hylocichla mustelina Wood Thrush 3
Helmitheros vermivorus Worm-Eating Warbler 3
Colinus virginianus Northern Bobwhite 3
Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike 3
Scolopax minor American Woodcock 3
Vermivora bachmanii Bachman's Warbler 4
Reptiles Pseudemys alabamensis Alabama Redbelly Turtle 1
Rhadinaea flavilata Pine Woods Snake 1
Heterodon simus Southern Hognose Snake 4