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.
- Slender MannagrassGlyceria melicaria
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- White Fringeless OrchidPlatanthera integrilabia
- Red TurtleheadChelone obliqua
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- Ovate Leaf False FiddleleafHydrolea ovata
- Saltmarsh FingergrassEustachys glauca
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Spring AvensGeum vernum
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
- Spring Spider LilyHymenocallis liriosme
- Twoleaf MiterwortMitella diphylla
- Louisiana QuillwortIsoetes louisianensis
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Fivelobe CucumberCayaponia quinqueloba
- Green-fly OrchidEpidendrum conopseum
- Southern TwaybladeListera australis
- Swamp WedgescaleSphenopholis pensylvanica
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Apteria aphyllaApteria aphylla
- Florida Hedge HyssopGratiola floridana
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Beaked Hazel Nut; Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornuta var. cornuta
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 111
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Widespread birds also seen here (33)
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
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- 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
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- 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.
















































