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.
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Horsetail CrowngrassPaspalum fluitans
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Southern Dark Green SedgeCarex venusta var. minor
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Hairy SeedboxLudwigia pilosa
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Dark-green SedgeCarex venusta
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Fringed SedgeCarex crinita
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Low Woodland SedgeCarex socialis
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Southern Long SedgeCarex lonchocarpa
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
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.