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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 50
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Pluchea odorata var. odorataPluchea odorata var. odorata
- Wand LoosestrifeLythrum lineare
- Delta BulrushSchoenoplectus deltarum
- Olney's ThreesquareSchoenoplectus americanus
- Cicuta maculata var. bolanderiCicuta maculata var. bolanderi
- Cyperus filicinusCyperus filicinus
- Saltmarsh CordgrassSpartina alterniflora
- Sea OxeyeBorrichia frutescens
- Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicumHeliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum
- Batis maritimaBatis maritima
- Perennial GlasswortSarcocornia ambigua
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Seashore CrowngrassPaspalum vaginatum
- Marsh EryngoEryngium aquaticum
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Lycium carolinianumLycium carolinianum
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Fimbristylis castaneaFimbristylis castanea
- Eastern GrasswortLilaeopsis chinensis
- Saltmarsh SandspurrySpergularia salina
- Rough GoldentopEuthamia scabra
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Southern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana var. silicicola
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Powdery ThaliaThalia dealbata
- Black MangroveAvicennia germinans
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis campestris
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Maritime BluestemAndropogon tenuispatheus
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Yucatan CamphorweedPluchea yucatanensis
- Northeastern BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. americana
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
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 (24)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser
- Northern Cardinal
- Osprey
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- 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.






















