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.
- Poorland FlatsedgeCyperus compressus
- Poverty BromeBromus sterilis
- Prairie ButtercupRanunculus platensis
- Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
- Prince's-featherPersicaria orientalis
- Prostrate KnotweedPolygonum aviculare
- Prostrate SpurgeEuphorbia prostrata
- Purple Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Rabbitfoot CloverTrifolium arvense
- RapeseedBrassica napus
- Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
- RattleweedCrotalaria retusa
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Reversed CloverTrifolium resupinatum
- RhodesgrassChloris gayana
- Rocket LarkspurDelphinium ajacis
- Rough Mexican-cloverRichardia scabra
- Scarlet PimpernelAnagallis arvensis
- Senna alataSenna alata
- Senna corymbosaSenna corymbosa
- Showy RattleboxCrotalaria spectabilis
- Silver HairgrassAira caryophyllea
- Slender Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus myosuroides
- Slender Parsley-piertAphanes australis
- Slenderleaf RattleboxCrotalaria ochroleuca
- Small-flowered CatchflySilene gallica
- Smallflower ButtercupRanunculus parviflorus
- Smallflower HawksbeardCrepis pulchra
- Smooth Cat's-earHypochaeris glabra
- Smooth CrabgrassDigitaria ischaemum
- Snow-on-the-mountainEuphorbia marginata
- Snow-white EverlastingGamochaeta chionesthes
- SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
- Southern CrabgrassDigitaria ciliaris
- Southern RockbellWahlenbergia marginata
- Spiny AmaranthAmaranthus spinosus
- Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
- Spreading Hedge-parsleyTorilis helvetica
- Spreading WallflowerErysimum repandum
- Spurge FlaxThymelaea passerina
- Squirrel-tail FescueVulpia elliotea
- Sticky ChickweedCerastium glomeratum
- Sticky NightshadeSolanum sisymbriifolium
- Stinking Chamomile*Anthemis cotula
- Suckling Hop CloverTrifolium dubium
- Summer-cypressBassia scoparia
- Sweet AlyssumLobularia maritima
- Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatas
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.































































































