Habitat in Louisiana
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 237
- Birds
- 153
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Black Highbush BlueberryVaccinium fuscatum
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliotii
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Smallflower BlueberryVaccinium virgatum
- Dahoon HollyIlex cassine
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Southern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago patula var. strictula
- Devil's BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- May HawthornCrataegus aestivalis
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Dense-flower SmartweedPersicaria densiflora
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Swamp RedbayTamala palustris
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Coral GreenbrierSmilax walteri
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 153
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
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.