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.
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Limestone Meadow SedgeCarex granularis
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Louisiana SedgeCarex louisianica
- Low Woodland SedgeCarex socialis
- Sharp-scale SedgeCarex oxylepis
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Common PawpawAsimina triloba
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Smooth Hedge-nettleStachys tenuifolia
- Common Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum
- Creeping DayflowerCommelina diffusa
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Climbing HydrangeaDecumaria barbara
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Smooth PhloxPhlox glaberrima
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Heartleaf NettleUrtica chamaedryoides
- Southern LobeliaLobelia amoena
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- Allegheny Monkey FlowerMimulus ringens var. ringens
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- American GroundnutApios americana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 142
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.