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 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.


































