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.
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Eastern OxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- American GroundnutApios americana
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Woolly Dutchman's-pipeIsotrema tomentosum
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Dixie Wood-fernDryopteris australis
- Creeping SpotflowerAcmella oppositifolia var. repens
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Gulf VervainVerbena xutha
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Red Buckeye; Scarlet BuckeyeAesculus pavia var. pavia
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
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.






























