Habitat in Mississippi
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 291
- Birds
- 144

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Mississippi. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 291
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Horsetail CrowngrassPaspalum fluitans
- Giant Blue IrisIris giganticaerulea
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Copper IrisIris fulva
- Florida DockRumex floridanus
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosaClethra tomentosa
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Floating Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
- Looseflower Water-willowJusticia ovata
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- Lake CressRorippa aquatica
- Mingled BeakrushRhynchospora mixta
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- Silky CamelliaStewartia malacodendron
- Common DuckweedLemna minor
- Lesser DuckweedLemna aequinoctialis
- Little DuckweedLemna obscura
- Minute DuckweedLemna perpusilla
- Small Green Wood OrchidPlatanthera clavellata
- Southern Wild-riceZizaniopsis miliacea
- Valdivia DuckweedLemna valdiviana
- Coastal Rose-gentianSabatia calycina
- Illicium floridanumIllicium floridanum
- One Flower False FiddleleafHydrolea uniflora
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Nodding Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes cernua
- Shade MudflowerMicranthemum umbrosum
- Southern Wood-fernDryopteris ludoviciana
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- Cliftonia monophyllaCliftonia monophylla
- Swamp JessamineGelsemium rankinii
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Brazilian WatermealWolffia brasiliensis
- Colombian WatermealWolffia columbiana
- Roundfruit Hedge-hyssopGratiola virginiana
- Rhapidophyllum hystrixRhapidophyllum hystrix
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago patula var. strictula
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 101
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Widespread birds also seen here (43)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Swallow-tailed Kite
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.






























