Habitat in Louisiana
Salt and brackish marshes
Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Seashore CrowngrassPaspalum vaginatum
- Southern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana var. silicicola
- Wand LoosestrifeLythrum lineare
- Olney's ThreesquareSchoenoplectus americanus
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Sea OxeyeBorrichia frutescens
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Powdery ThaliaThalia dealbata
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis campestris
- Perennial GlasswortSarcocornia ambigua
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Eastern GrasswortLilaeopsis chinensis
- Saltmarsh SandspurrySpergularia salina
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Bushy KnotweedPolygonum ramosissimum subsp. prolificum
- Canary Island TamariskTamarix canariensis
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Curved Sickle-grassParapholis incurva
- Northeastern BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. americana
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
- Seaside PetuniaCalibrachoa parviflora
- French TamariskTamarix gallica
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Louisiana yet.
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.