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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 233
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Pointed Broom SedgeCarex scoparia
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- WaterpodHydrolea quadrivalvis
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Golden-crestLophiola aurea
- Tansy DogshadeLimnosciadium pinnatum
- Mayaca fluviatilisMayaca fluviatilis
- Yeatesia viridifloraYeatesia viridiflora
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- AxilflowerMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
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 (28)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
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.