Habitat in Mississippi
Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)
Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead. NatureServe
- Plants
- 30
- Birds
- 108
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Solidago sempervirens var. mexicanaSolidago sempervirens var. mexicana
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Sandpaper VervainVerbena scabra
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Dwarf ArrowheadSagittaria subulata
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Black NeedlerushJuncus roemerianus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Carolina Sea-lavenderLimonium carolinianum
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Pink RedstemAmmannia latifolia
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Pasture FlatsedgeKyllinga gracillima
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 108
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.