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.
- Atamasco LilyZephyranthes atamasca
- Boykins Cluster PeaLackeya multiflora
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- European CornsaladValerianella locusta
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Jerusalem CherrySolanum pseudocapsicum
- Marsh ParsleyCyclospermum leptophyllum
- Oriental False HawksbeardYoungia japonica
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium filix-femina subsp. asplenioides
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Spring StarflowerIpheion uniflorum
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- Asiatic DayflowerCommelina communis
- TaroColocasia esculenta
- Five-leaf AkebiaAkebia quinata
- Japanese Stilt-grassMicrostegium vimineum
- Sericea LespedezaLespedeza cuneata
- Tung-oil TreeVernicia fordii
- Chinese PrivetLigustrum sinense
- Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
- Trifoliate OrangePoncirus trifoliata
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
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.