Habitat in Mississippi
Salt and brackish marshes
Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides. Schafale
- Plants
- 50
- Birds
- 118
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
- Rough GoldentopEuthamia scabra
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Pluchea odorata var. odorataPluchea odorata var. odorata
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Seashore CrowngrassPaspalum vaginatum
- Wand LoosestrifeLythrum lineare
- Southern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana var. silicicola
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Marsh EryngoEryngium aquaticum
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Delta BulrushSchoenoplectus deltarum
- Olney's ThreesquareSchoenoplectus americanus
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Cicuta maculata var. bolanderiCicuta maculata var. bolanderi
- Cyperus filicinusCyperus filicinus
- Saltmarsh CordgrassSpartina alterniflora
- Sea OxeyeBorrichia frutescens
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis campestris
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Lycium carolinianumLycium carolinianum
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Powdery ThaliaThalia dealbata
- Black MangroveAvicennia germinans
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicumHeliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Batis maritimaBatis maritima
- Perennial GlasswortSarcocornia ambigua
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Fimbristylis castaneaFimbristylis castanea
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Eastern GrasswortLilaeopsis chinensis
- Saltmarsh SandspurrySpergularia salina
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
- Northeastern BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. americana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 118
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
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.