Habitat in Mississippi
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale
- Plants
- 1094
- Birds
- 161
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 1094
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Spring AvensGeum vernum
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- Floating BladderwortUtricularia radiata
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
- Vahl's FimbryFimbristylis vahlii
- Spring Spider LilyHymenocallis liriosme
- Upright BurheadEchinodorus berteroi
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Swamp HornpodMitreola sessilifolia
- Western DaisyAstranthium integrifolium
- Blue Mud PlantainHeteranthera limosa
- Cutleaf GrapefernBotrychium dissectum
- Southern GrapefernBotrychium biternatum
- Winter GrapefernBotrychium lunarioides
- Petite-plantLepuropetalon spathulatum
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Ditch-stonecropPenthorum sedoides
- Erect CoinleafCentella erecta
- Fuirena pumilaFuirena pumila
- Hairy Umbrella SedgeFuirena squarrosa
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Pitted JointgrassCoelorachis cylindrica
- Southern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
- Swamp WedgescaleSphenopholis pensylvanica
- Finger DogshadeCynosciadium digitatum
- Prairie ParsleyPolytaenia nuttallii
- Three Way Sedge; Threeway SedgeDulichium arundinaceum var. arundinaceum
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Long Leaf Ground CherryPhysalis longifolia var. longifolia
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Near water in this habitat 34
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (39)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- 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)
- Old-Salem-fields-tn1, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.





























































