Habitat in Mississippi
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time. Schafale
- Plants
- 346
- Birds
- 132
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Crataegus brachyacanthaCrataegus brachyacantha
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Long Leaf Ground CherryPhysalis longifolia var. longifolia
- Lowland Beard TonguePenstemon alluviorum
- Red GrapeVitis palmata
- Riverflat HawthornCrataegus opaca
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- JumpseedPersicaria virginiana
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Pennsylvania SmartweedPersicaria pensylvanica
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Appalachian Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida var. umbrosa
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Cedar ElmUlmus crassifolia
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Southern Shagbark HickoryCarya carolinae-septentrionalis
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Red Buckeye; Scarlet BuckeyeAesculus pavia var. pavia
- Spruce Pine; Walters Pine; Cedar PinePinus glabra
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 132
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.