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.
- Eastern Marsh FernThelypteris palustris var. pubescens
- Sand DropseedSporobolus cryptandrus
- American BugleweedLycopus americanus
- Floating MannagrassGlyceria septentrionalis
- Eastern BluestarAmsonia tabernaemontana
- Netted Chain-fernLorinseria areolata
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Eastern LeatherwoodDirca palustris
- Little Sweet TrilliumTrillium cuneatum
- Sessile-leaf BellwortUvularia sessilifolia
- Uvularia floridanaUvularia floridana
- Canada MoonseedMenispermum canadense
- False Rue-anemoneEnemion biternatum
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Scouring RushEquisetum praealtum
- Common Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
- Mississippi Mud-plantainHeteranthera missouriensis
- Spreading ChervilChaerophyllum procumbens
- American LopseedPhryma leptostachya
- Purple TwaybladeLiparis liliifolia
- Shadow-witchPonthieva racemosa
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Tiny MousetailMyosurus minimus
- Water PurslaneDidiplis diandra
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- Ear Leaf GoldenrodSolidago auriculata
- Bluff OakQuercus austrina
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Missouri VioletViola missouriensis
- Texas Red OakQuercus texana
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Eastern BoxelderAcer negundo var. negundo
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- Littlehip HawthornCrataegus spathulata
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Mimosa strigillosaMimosa strigillosa
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 88
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- American CootFulica americana
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
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.









































































