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.
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Chapman's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris chapmanii
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Pale Spike RushEleocharis olivacea var. olivacea
- Sacred LotusNelumbo nucifera
- Yellow Floating-heartNymphoides peltata
- Amazon SprangletopLeptochloa panicoides
- Lawn Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle sibthorpioides
- Chicken-spikeSphenoclea zeylanica
- Fragrant SpikesedgeKyllinga odorata
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 86
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American CootFulica americana
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
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.
































































