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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 267
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- CupseedCalycocarpum lyonii
- Cusp DodderCuscuta cuspidata
- Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
- Jack In The PulpitArisaema triphyllum subsp. quinatum
- Red GrapeVitis palmata
- Slender CalamintClinopodium gracile
- Sticky Hedge HyssopGratiola brevifolia
- White WillowSalix alba
- Windmill GrassChloris verticillata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 108
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Widespread birds also seen here (34)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- 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.















































