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 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.