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.
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- American Halfchaff SedgeLipocarpha maculata
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Paspalum acuminatumPaspalum acuminatum
- Sacred LotusNelumbo nucifera
- Yellow Floating-heartNymphoides peltata
- Amazon SprangletopLeptochloa panicoides
- Slender centauryCentaurium tenuiflorum
- Slender Naiad; Wavy Waternymph; Wavy Water NymphNajas canadensis
- Slimflower LovegrassEragrostis gangetica
- Chicken-spikeSphenoclea zeylanica
- Fragrant SpikesedgeKyllinga odorata
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
- Ludwigia grandifloraLudwigia grandiflora
- Phalaris angustaPhalaris angusta
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Brittle WaternymphNajas minor
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.
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
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.























































