Habitat in Louisiana
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time. Schafale
- Plants
- 267
- Birds
- 142
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Meadow GarlicAllium canadense
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Eastern WahooEuonymus atropurpureus
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Coastal Plain SedgeCarex crebriflora
- Eastern Narrowleaf SedgeCarex amphibola
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Flat Spiked SedgeCarex planispicata
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Greenish-white SedgeCarex albolutescens
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 142
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
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.




























































































