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.
- Pink Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles umbellata
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
- Creeping DayflowerCommelina diffusa
- Hidden-flower WitchgrassDichanthelium cryptanthum
- Starry RosinweedSilphium asteriscus var. asteriscus
- Toothed RosinweedSilphium asteriscus var. laevicaule
- Upright Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- Deer-tongue WitchgrassDichanthelium clandestinum
- Low Stiff Witchgrass; Addisons Rosette Grass; Low Stiff Witch Grass; Addisons RosettegrassDichanthelium ovale var. addisonii
- Many-flowered WitchgrassDichanthelium sphaerocarpon var. isophyllum
- Needleleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium aciculare
- Tapered Leaf Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. acuminatum
- Velvet WitchgrassDichanthelium scoparium
- Eastern Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Inland RushJuncus interior
- Cusp DodderCuscuta cuspidata
- Ozark Meadow BeautyRhexia interior
- Forked RushJuncus dichotomus
- Roundhead RushJuncus validus
- Whiteroot RushJuncus brachycarpus
- Elliott's BentgrassAgrostis elliottiana
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Green FlatsedgeCyperus virens
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- Many-spike FlatsedgeCyperus polystachyos
- Marsh FlatsedgeCyperus pseudovegetus
- Redroot FlatsedgeCyperus erythrorhizos
- Rough FlatsedgeCyperus retrofractus
- Yellow FlatsedgeCyperus flavescens
- Smooth Wild-petuniaRuellia strepens
- Elliott's BeaksedgeRhynchospora elliottii
- Fairy BeaksedgeRhynchospora pusilla
- PoorjoeDiodia teres
- Xyris drummondiiXyris drummondii
- Xyris louisianicaXyris louisianica
- Annual Marsh-elderIva annua
- Bigtop LovegrassEragrostis hirsuta
- Canada ToadflaxNuttallanthus canadensis
- Common Threeseed MercuryAcalypha rhomboidea
- Cutleaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum pinnatum
- Ivy leaf ThoroughwortChromolaena ivifolia
- Largeseed Forget-me-notMyosotis macrosperma
- Pineland Threeseed MercuryAcalypha ostryifolia
- Sand Love GrassEragrostis trichodes
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.























































