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 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.