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.
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Looseflower Water-willowJusticia ovata
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Gulf Coast Swallow-wortCynanchum angustifolium
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Fragrant FlatsedgeCyperus odoratus
- Green FlatsedgeCyperus virens
- Many-spike FlatsedgeCyperus polystachyos
- Marsh FlatsedgeCyperus pseudovegetus
- Redroot FlatsedgeCyperus erythrorhizos
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Yellow FlatsedgeCyperus flavescens
- Allegheny Monkey FlowerMimulus ringens var. ringens
- Narrow PlumegrassErianthus strictus
- Saccharum coarctatumErianthus coarctatus
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Mingled BeakrushRhynchospora mixta
- Swamp-forest BeaksedgeRhynchospora decurrens
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Zizania aquatica var. aquaticaZizania aquatica var. aquatica
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Bog YellowcressRorippa palustris
- Coast Cockspur-grassEchinochloa walteri
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- Tall Meadow-rueThalictrum pubescens
- Blue Water-hyssopBacopa caroliniana
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Teucrium canadense var. hypoleucumTeucrium canadense var. hypoleucum
- Capitate Spike Rush; Capitate SpikerushEleocharis geniculata
- Large Spike RushEleocharis macrostachya
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
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.