Habitat in Louisiana
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs. Schafale
- Plants
- 162
- Birds
- 98
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 162
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Water StargrassHeteranthera dubia
- Brazilian WatermealWolffia brasiliensis
- Colombian WatermealWolffia columbiana
- American WaterwortElatine americana
- Florida MudmidgetWolffiella gladiata
- Creeping Love GrassNeeragrostis reptans
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Sarvis HollyIlex amelanchier
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- American EelgrassVallisneria americana
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Vahl's FimbryFimbristylis vahlii
- Blue Mud PlantainHeteranthera limosa
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Coastal False-asphodelTriantha racemosa
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 92
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- American CootFulica americana
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Widespread birds also seen here (6)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
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.







































































