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CHAPTER 1I: APPROACH AND METHODS 47

WILDLIFE HABITAT TYPES AND SUBTYPES OF MISSISSIPPI

HABITAT

TYPE/

SUBTYPE

CODES

HABITAT TYPE/SUBTYPE NAME

ECO-

REGIO

NS

NGM* EGCP* UEGCP* MSRAP*

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 ▲

7 Spring Seeps ▲ ▲

7.1 Hardwood Seeps ▲ ▲

7.2 Pine Seeps ▲ ▲

8 Bogs ▲ ▲

8.1 Pitcherplant Flat/Bogs ▲ ▲

9 Inland Freshwater Marshes ▲ ▲ ▲

9.1 Freshwater Marshes ▲ ▲ (^) ▲
10 Swamp Forests ▲ ▲ ▲
10.1 Bald Cypress/Gum Swamp Forests ▲ ▲ ▲
10.2 Small Stream Swamp Forests ▲ ▲
ECOREGIONS
Ecoregions* „ NGM - Northern Gulf of Mexico „ UEGCP - Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain
„ EGCP - East Gulf Coastal Plain „ MSRAP - Mississippi River Alluvial Plain