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.
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Pineland Yellow-eyed-grassXyris stricta
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Tall Yellow-eyed-grassXyris platylepis
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Lance Leaved SpikerushEleocharis lanceolata
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- Potato Dwarf-dandelionKrigia dandelion
- Tropical PuffNeptunia pubescens
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- WaterpodHydrolea quadrivalvis
- Oblong-fruit PinweedLechea racemulosa
- Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringiiStylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii
- Woolly Dutchman's-pipeIsotrema tomentosum
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Yellow HatpinsSyngonanthus flavidulus
- Red River ScaleseedSpermolepis inermis
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella oppositifolia var. repens
- Golden-crestLophiola aurea
- Pineland Scaly-pinkStipulicida setacea
- Tansy DogshadeLimnosciadium pinnatum
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 96
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Near water in this habitat 36
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
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (29)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Chimney Swift
- 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
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- 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)
- Old-Salem-fields-tn1, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.















































































































