Habitat in Louisiana
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliotii
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Nodding BeggarticksBidens cernua
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Strawstem BeggarticksBidens tripartita
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- BagpodGlottidium vesicarium
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Cylindric-fruit SeedboxLudwigia glandulosa
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Louisiana yet.
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.