Habitat in Mississippi
Depression ponds and limesinks
Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Hairy SmartweedPersicaria hirsuta
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Carex striata var. striataCarex striata var. striata
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Southeastern SeedboxLudwigia linifolia
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Chapman's ArrowheadSagittaria chapmanii
- Lowland LoosestrifeLysimachia hybrida
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Carpet Witchgrass; Carpet Witch GrassDichanthelium chamaelonche
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Eaton's WitchgrassDichanthelium spretum
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Boykin's LobeliaLobelia boykinii
- Lobelia floridanaLobelia floridana
- American Halfchaff SedgeLipocarpha maculata
- Canby's BulrushSchoenoplectus etuberculatus
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Narrow PlumegrassErianthus strictus
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Broadfruit Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora careyana
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Coastal BeaksedgeRhynchospora pleiantha
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Harper's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harperi
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Narrow-fruit Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora inundata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Mississippi yet.
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.