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.
- Ludwigia grandifloraLudwigia grandiflora
- Ovate Leaf False FiddleleafHydrolea ovata
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Upright BurheadEchinodorus berteroi
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Brittle WaternymphNajas minor
- Eurasian Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum
- Curly PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- Asian RiceOryza sativa
- Dotted DuckmeatSpirodela punctata
- Brazilian WaterweedEgeria densa
- Common Water-hyacinthEichhornia crassipes
- Giant SalviniaSalvinia molesta
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
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.