Habitat in Mississippi
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
- 233
- Birds
- 62
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Strawstem BeggarticksBidens tripartita
- Tall BeggarticksBidens vulgata
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Halberd-leaf RosemallowHibiscus laevis
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Scarlet RosemallowHibiscus coccineus
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanum
- Asclepias connivensAsclepias connivens
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Catesby's BindweedCalystegia catesbeiana
- Cylindric-fruit SeedboxLudwigia glandulosa
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Dixie IrisIris savannarum
- Giant Blue IrisIris giganticaerulea
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 62
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
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.