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 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.


























