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.
- Hyptis mutabilisHyptis mutabilis
- India LovegrassEragrostis pilosa
- Indian SweetcloverMelilotus indicus
- Inflated Scale FlatsedgeCyperus aggregatus
- Ipomoea wrightiiIpomoea wrightii
- Italian Rye GrassLolium perenne subsp. multiflorum
- Jamaican CrabgrassDigitaria horizontalis
- Japanese BromeBromus japonicus
- Japanese Redtip; Japanese Red TipPhotinia glabra
- Japanese Spindle-treeEuonymus japonicus
- JimsonweedDatura stramonium
- Johnny Jump-upViola tricolor
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
- Large Yellow VetchVicia grandiflora
- Lavender MoonvineIpomoea muricata
- Lentil VetchVicia tetrasperma
- Lesser Quaking-grassBriza minor
- Lesser Swine-cressCoronopus didymus
- Little BarleyHordeum pusillum
- Little LovegrassEragrostis minor
- Littleseed False-flaxCamelina microcarpa
- Low Hop CloverTrifolium campestre
- Madagascar PeriwinkleCatharanthus roseus
- Malaysian False-pimpernelLindernia crustacea
- Mat Chaff-flowerAlternanthera caracasana
- Maximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximiliani
- Meadow BromeBromus commutatus
- Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis
- Memorial RoseRosa lucieae
- Mexican Prickly-poppyArgemone mexicana
- Mitracarpus hirtusMitracarpus hirtus
- Moth MulleinVerbascum blattaria
- Mouse-ear CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Narrowleaf Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis
- Narrowleaf Miner's-lettuceMontia linearis
- Nicotiana longifloraNicotiana longiflora
- Night-flowering CatchflySilene noctiflora
- Old World Diamond-flowerOldenlandia corymbosa
- Paraguayan PurslanePortulaca amilis
- Paraguayan StarburAcanthospermum australe
- Parkinsonia aculeataParkinsonia aculeata
- PeanutArachis hypogaea
- Pearl MilletPennisetum americanum
- Perennial RyegrassLolium perenne
- Pillpod SandmatEuphorbia hirta
- Pineapple-weedMatricaria discoidea
- Pink WoodsorrelOxalis debilis
- Pitted Beard GrassBothriochloa pertusa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 88
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
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.































































































