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.
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- AxilflowerMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
- Eastern YampahPerideridia americana
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Long Flower BeeblossomGaura longiflora
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
- Jack In The PulpitArisaema triphyllum subsp. quinatum
- Yellow Day-lilyHemerocallis lilioasphodelus
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Dracopis amplexicaulisDracopis amplexicaulis
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Marsh ParsleyCyclospermum leptophyllum
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Spring StarflowerIpheion uniflorum
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Hoary BowlesiaBowlesia incana
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Oriental False HawksbeardYoungia japonica
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
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.






























