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 0
Widespread birds also seen here (12)
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.