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.

False Indigo-bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Shrub. Native
Hooded Blue Violet
Viola sororia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Lady Lupine
Lupinus villosus
Shrub. Native
Long Leaf Ground Cherry
Physalis longifolia var. longifolia
Native
Lowland Beard Tongue
Penstemon alluviorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mustang Grape
Vitis mustangensis
Native
Trumpet Beard Tongue
Penstemon tubiflorus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Yellow Crownbeard
Verbesina occidentalis
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree. Native
Bracted Vervain
Verbena bracteata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Horsenettle
Solanum carolinense var. carolinense
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
Wildflower or fern. Native
Narrowleaf Vervain
Verbena simplex
Wildflower or fern. Native
Rose Vervain
Glandularia canadensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Texas Vervain
Verbena halei
Shrub. Native
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Tree. Native
Broadleaf Ironweed
Vernonia glauca
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Elderberry
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
Tree. Native
Erect Knotweed
Polygonum erectum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Giant Ironweed
Vernonia gigantea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Tree. Native
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
Tree. Native
Pennsylvania Smartweed
Persicaria pensylvanica
Wildflower or fern. Native
Blackeyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
Wildflower or fern. Native
Clammy Ground-cherry
Physalis heterophylla
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed Coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
Wildflower or fern. Native
Cutleaf Ground-cherry
Physalis angulata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Downy Ground-cherry
Physalis pubescens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Eastern Blackeyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta var. hirta
Wildflower or fern. Native
Gray Ground-cherry
Physalis grisea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Heartleaf Ground-cherry
Physalis cordata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Long Leaf Ground Cherry
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Muscadine
Vitis rotundifolia
Vine. Native
Pecan
Carya illinoinensis
Tree. Native
Shortleaf Pine
Pinus echinata
Tree. Native
Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Tooth Leaf Croton; Sand Croton
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Shrub. Native
Virginia Ground-cherry
Physalis virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Pine
Pinus virginiana
Tree. Native
Woolly Croton
Croton capitatus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Silkgrass
Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Penstemon canescens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Eustis Lake Beardtongue
Penstemon australis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Maryland Golden-aster
Chrysopsis mariana
Wildflower or fern. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 123

Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Winter
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Year-round
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Winter
Smith's Longspur
Calcarius pictus
Winter
Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens
Winter
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Thayer's Gull
Larus thayeri
Winter
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Year-round
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Summer
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Year-round
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Winter
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Winter
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Year-round
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Winter
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Year-round
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Winter
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Winter
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Winter
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Summer
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Winter
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Summer
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Summer

Near water in this habitat 38

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
Winter, only within 120 m of water
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Winter, only within 500 m of water
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Winter, only within 30 m of water
American Wigeon
Anas americana
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Year-round, only within 120 m of water
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsii
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Summer, only within 2,000 m of water
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Interior Least Tern
Sternula antillarum athalassos
Summer, only within 1,000 m of water
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Summer, only within 1,000 m of water
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Year-round, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Winter, only within 30 m of water
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Year-round, only within 60 m of water
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Winter, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Sora
Porzana carolina
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Summer, only within 500 m of water
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Year-round, only within 4,000 m of water
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Year-round, only within 500 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.