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.
- BagpodGlottidium vesicarium
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Pointed Broom SedgeCarex scoparia
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Quillwort ArrowheadSagittaria isoetiformis
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Florida DockRumex floridanus
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianumChenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Canna flaccidaCanna flaccida
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Rough WitchgrassDichanthelium leucothrix
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Cursed Buttercup; Cursed CrowfootRanunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Stout RushJuncus nodatus
- California BulrushSchoenoplectus californicus
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- Cyperus articulatusCyperus articulatus
- Cyperus ochraceusCyperus ochraceus
- Dark-green BulrushScirpus atrovirens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 62
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.