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.
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Inflated Narrow Leaf SedgeCarex grisea
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Low Woodland SedgeCarex socialis
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- Star ChickweedStellaria pubera
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Climbing HydrangeaDecumaria barbara
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Hooked Buttercup; Recurved ButtercuoRanunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- Rope DodderCuscuta glomerata
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. australis
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Allegheny Monkey FlowerMimulus ringens var. ringens
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- MayapplePodophyllum peltatum
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Virginia Chain-fernAnchistea virginica
- American ColumboFrasera caroliniensis
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.










































































