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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 25
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Sandpaper VervainVerbena scabra
- Black NeedlerushJuncus roemerianus
- Carolina Sea-lavenderLimonium carolinianum
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Pink RedstemAmmannia latifolia
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Widespread birds also seen here (20)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- European Starling
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Northern Cardinal
- Osprey
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
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.