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.
- Eurasian Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum
- Asian RiceOryza sativa
- Dotted DuckmeatSpirodela punctata
- Brazilian WaterweedEgeria densa
- Common Water-hyacinthEichhornia crassipes
- Giant SalviniaSalvinia molesta
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
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.