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.
- Scoparia dulcisScoparia dulcis
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- Cyperus oxylepisCyperus oxylepis
- European SweetflagAcorus calamus
- Giant ArrowheadSagittaria montevidensis
- Mexican Primrose-willowLudwigia octovalvis
- Mourning Love GrassEragrostis lugens
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Indian JointvetchAeschynomene indica
- Marsh ParsleyCyclospermum leptophyllum
- Phalaris angustaPhalaris angusta
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- Asian RiceOryza sativa
- Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Scarlet Wisteria-treeSesbania punicea
- Cyperus entrerianusCyperus entrerianus
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 36
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Widespread birds also seen here (26)
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
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- 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.






















































