Habitat in Louisiana
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
- 182
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 182
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- European SweetflagAcorus calamus
- Giant ArrowheadSagittaria montevidensis
- Mexican Primrose-willowLudwigia octovalvis
- Mourning Love GrassEragrostis lugens
- Pampas GrassCortaderia selloana
- Water LocustGleditsia aquatica
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Marsh ParsleyCyclospermum leptophyllum
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Upright BurheadEchinodorus berteroi
- Groovestem Indian PlantainArnoglossum plantagineum
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- Short Stemmed IrisIris brevicaulis
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Asian RiceOryza sativa
- Scarlet Wisteria-treeSesbania punicea
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
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.