Habitat in Mississippi
Coastal Plain seepage bogs
Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants. Schafale
- Plants
- 61
- Birds
- 81
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 61
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Chapman's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris chapmanii
- Tall Yellow-eyed-grassXyris platylepis
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Texas PipewortEriocaulon texense
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 54
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Widespread birds also seen here (27)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.