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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 237
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Southern Flat-top AsterDoellingeria sericocarpoides
- Hairy SeedboxLudwigia pilosa
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Low Woodland SedgeCarex socialis
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Climbing HydrangeaDecumaria barbara
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Swamp-forest BeaksedgeRhynchospora decurrens
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Powdery ThaliaThalia dealbata
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Swamp WedgescaleSphenopholis pensylvanica
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Florida Hedge HyssopGratiola floridana
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 119
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- American CootFulica americana
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Widespread birds also seen here (34)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.



















































































