Habitat in Mississippi
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Source 1
- Plants
- 1095
- Birds
- 161
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 1095
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Marsh ParsleyCyclospermum leptophyllum
- Oklahoma SedgeCarex oklahomensis
- Phalaris angustaPhalaris angusta
- Red Seed PlantainPlantago rhodosperma
- Scarlet Sage; Blood SageSalvia coccinea
- South American Mexican CloverRichardia humistrata
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Spring StarflowerIpheion uniflorum
- Texas BluegrassPoa arachnifera
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Hoary BowlesiaBowlesia incana
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Oriental False HawksbeardYoungia japonica
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
- Creeping YellowcressRorippa sylvestris
- Florida Hedge-nettleStachys floridana
- McCartney RoseRosa bracteata
- Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
- Spiny CockleburXanthium spinosum
- Torpedo GrassPanicum repens
- Weeping LovegrassEragrostis curvula
- Annual BluegrassPoa annua
- Bald BromeBromus racemosus
- Bermuda GrassCynodon dactylon
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Blessed ThistleCentaurea benedicta
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Canada BluegrassPoa compressa
- Carpet-bugleAjuga reptans
- Castor-beanRicinus communis
- CatnipNepeta cataria
- Chamber-bitterPhyllanthus urinaria
- Cheat-grassBromus tectorum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- ChinaberryMelia azedarach
- Common LantanaLantana camara
- Common Morning-gloryIpomoea purpurea
- Common MotherwortLeonurus cardiaca
- Common TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Common Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis stricta
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.



























































