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.
- Black Highbush BlueberryVaccinium fuscatum
- Dahoon HollyIlex cassine
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Dense-flower SmartweedPersicaria densiflora
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Dark-green SedgeCarex venusta
- Fringed SedgeCarex crinita
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Southern Long SedgeCarex lonchocarpa
- Weak Stellate SedgeCarex seorsa
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Coastal Sweet-pepperbushClethra alnifolia
- Swamp ButtercupRanunculus hispidus var. nitidus
- Drooping BulrushScirpus lineatus
- Shield Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle verticillata
- Spreading BulrushScirpus divaricatus
- Pieris phillyreifoliaPieris phillyreifolia
- Birdbill SpikegrassChasmanthium ornithorhynchum
- Shiny SpikegrassChasmanthium nitidum
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- Millet BeaksedgeRhynchospora miliacea
- American MistletoePhoradendron leucarpum
- Coastal DoghobbleLeucothoe axillaris
- Eastern Swamp PrivetForestiera acuminata
- Planer-treePlanera aquatica
- Hygrophila lacustrisHygrophila lacustris
- Marsh Mermaid-weedProserpinaca palustris
- White Arrow-arumPeltandra sagittifolia
- Smallflower BlueberryVaccinium virgatum
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Smooth AzaleaRhododendron arborescens
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Drummonds Red MapleAcer rubrum var. drummondii
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Swamp RedbayTamala palustris
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Coral GreenbrierSmilax walteri
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- Coastal Carrion-flowerSmilax pseudochina
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
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.
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
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.


















































































