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 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.