Habitat in Louisiana
Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)
Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead. NatureServe
- Plants
- 25
- Birds
- 113
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Sandpaper VervainVerbena scabra
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Black NeedlerushJuncus roemerianus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Carolina Sea-lavenderLimonium carolinianum
- Pink RedstemAmmannia latifolia
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 113
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.