Habitat in Mississippi
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs. Schafale
- Plants
- 200
- Birds
- 93
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 200
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Southern CutgrassLeersia hexandra
- Arkansas Manna GrassGlyceria arkansana
- American EelgrassVallisneria americana
- Ovate Leaf False FiddleleafHydrolea ovata
- Floating BladderwortUtricularia radiata
- Vahl's FimbryFimbristylis vahlii
- Dwarf-burheadEchinodorus tenellus
- Upright BurheadEchinodorus berteroi
- Blue Mud PlantainHeteranthera limosa
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Coastal False-asphodelTriantha racemosa
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Celliotts FanpetalsSida elliottii var. elliottii
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Chapman's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris chapmanii
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Lance Leaved SpikerushEleocharis lanceolata
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Yellow HatpinsSyngonanthus flavidulus
- Tansy DogshadeLimnosciadium pinnatum
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 83
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosus
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- American CootFulica americana
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Widespread birds also seen here (10)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
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.









































































