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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 346
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- JumpseedPersicaria virginiana
- Pennsylvania SmartweedPersicaria pensylvanica
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Meadow GarlicAllium canadense
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Unknown SedgeCarex ignota
- Eastern WahooEuonymus atropurpureus
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Coastal Plain SedgeCarex crebriflora
- Eastern Narrowleaf SedgeCarex amphibola
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- Flat Spiked SedgeCarex planispicata
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Greenish-white SedgeCarex albolutescens
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Limestone Meadow SedgeCarex granularis
- Lined SedgeCarex striatula
- Prune-fruit SedgeCarex corrugata
- Sharp-scale SedgeCarex oxylepis
- Slow SedgeCarex pigra
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Green GerardiaAgalinis viridis
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Common PawpawAsimina triloba
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Fringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata
- Creeping DayflowerCommelina diffusa
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Smooth PhloxPhlox glaberrima
- Great Indian-plantainArnoglossum reniforme
- Cerastium nutans var. nutansCerastium nutans var. nutans
- Cusp DodderCuscuta cuspidata
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- Annual Marsh-elderIva annua
- Largeseed Forget-me-notMyosotis macrosperma
- Rose BluetHoustonia rosea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Widespread birds also seen here (44)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- 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
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.