Habitat in Louisiana
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Bog YellowcressRorippa palustris
- Coast Cockspur-grassEchinochloa walteri
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Common SpikerushEleocharis palustris
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Englemann's SpikerushEleocharis engelmannii
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Squarestem SpikerushEleocharis quadrangulata
- Blue Water-hyssopBacopa caroliniana
- Seashore SaltgrassDistichlis spicata
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Pine Barren FluffgrassTridens ambiguus
- Soapwort GentianGentiana saponaria
- American BugleweedLycopus americanus
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- Southern Wild-riceZizaniopsis miliacea
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Creeping CucumberMelothria pendula
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Mock BishopweedPtilimnium capillaceum
- Rice CutgrassLeersia oryzoides
- Southern CutgrassLeersia hexandra
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Scarlet ToothcupAmmannia coccinea
- Swamp AgrimonyAgrimonia parviflora
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- American GlasswortSalicornia virginica
- Dwarf GlasswortSalicornia bigelovii
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Lowland RotalaRotala ramosior
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
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.