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.
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Flaccid Nut RushScleria flaccida
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Amazon SprangletopLeptochloa panicoides
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- Japanese Lady FernDeparia petersenii
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
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.











































