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Northern Parula

Parula americana

A summer resident that nests in Mississippi. Found in all 82 counties, across 9 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
9

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 82 counties
Habitats
9
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Mississippi 9

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 9

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome; Mississippi River Bottomland DepressionJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Mississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest; Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Freshwater marshes

Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

WinterOnly within 120 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Maritime forests and thickets

Salt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.

SummerOnly within 120 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerOnly within 120 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterOnly within 120 m of water.Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

WinterOnly within 120 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (58)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Mississippi. Those recorded in Mississippi first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (32)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Summer and winter.
  • South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer and winter.
  • South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
Northeast (3)
  • Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (23)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Mississippi

  • Summer: nests here, in all 82 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Mississippi, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Swamps

Birds 109

Plants 291

All of swamps in Mississippi

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 98

Plants 346

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Mississippi

Moist forests

Birds 58

Plants 270

All of moist forests in Mississippi

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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