Habitat in Louisiana
Coastal Plain seepage bogs
Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants. Schafale
- Plants
- 43
- Birds
- 82
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 43
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Shortleaf SneezeweedHelenium brevifolium
- Coastal Plain BeaksedgeRhynchospora stenophylla
- Slender-fruit BeaksedgeRhynchospora leptocarpa
- Variableleaf SunflowerHelianthus heterophyllus
- LeConte's ThistleCirsium lecontei
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Savanna TickseedCoreopsis linifolia
- Pinebarren SedgeCarex turgescens
- Pine LilyLilium catesbaei
- Fringed BeaksedgeRhynchospora ciliaris
- Large BeaksedgeRhynchospora macra
- Baldwin's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris baldwiniana
- Largeleaf Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia grandifolia
- Bearded Grass-pinkCalopogon barbatus
- Pale Grass-pinkCalopogon pallidus
- Toothache GrassCtenium aromaticum
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- Bog SpicebushLindera subcoriacea
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Fewflower BeaksedgeRhynchospora rariflora
- Harvey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harveyi
- Harper's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris scabrifolia
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Woolly SunbonnetsChaptalia tomentosa
- Coastal False-asphodelTriantha racemosa
- Coastal Plain Small Spreading PogoniaCleistesiopsis oricamporum
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Chapman's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris chapmanii
- Tall Yellow-eyed-grassXyris platylepis
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Texas PipewortEriocaulon texense
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Purple SilkyscaleAnthaenantia rufa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 60
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- King RailRallus elegans
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- American CootFulica americana
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
Widespread birds also seen here (22)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.










































































