CHAPTER IV: WILDLIFE HABITATS FOR MISSISSIPPI’S SGCN,
THREATS AND CONSERVATION ACTIONS^82Part 3. Habitat Types and Sub-Types
The following is a list of all habitat types and subtypes described for Mississippi's Species of Greatest
Conservation Need.
HABITAT TYPE/
SUBTYPE CODES MISSISSIPPI WILDLIFLE HABITAT TYPE / SUBTYPE NAME
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1 DRY-MESIC UPLAND FORESTS/WOODLANDS
1.1 Dry Hardwood Forests
1.2 Dry Longleaf Pine Forests
1.3 Dry-Mesic Hardwood Forests
1.4 Dry-Mesic Shortleaf/Loblolly Pine Forests
2 AGRICULTURE FIELDS, HAY AND PASTURE LANDS, OLD FIELDS, PRAIRIES,
CEDAR GLADES AND PINE PLANTATIONS
2.1 Northeast Prairie/Cedar Glades
2.2 Jackson Prairie
2.3 Hay and Pasture Lands
2.4 Pine Plantations
2.5 Old Fields and Young Hardwoods (Shrublands)
2.6 Agriculture Fields (Row Crops, etc.)
3 MESIC UPLAND FORESTS
3.1 Beech/Magnolia Forests
3.2 Mesic Longleaf Pine Savanna/Forests
3.3 Loess Hardwood Forests
3.4 Lower Slope/High Terrace Hardwood Forests
4 BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS
4.1 Bottomland Hardwood Forests
5 RIVERFRONT FORESTS/HERBLANDS/SANDBARS
5.1 Cottonwood/Black Willow/River Birch Woodlands
5.2 Sandbars
6 WET PINE SAVANNAS/FLATWOODS
6.1 Wet Pine Savannas
6.2 Slash Pine Flatwoods