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.
- Black Highbush BlueberryVaccinium fuscatum
- Dahoon HollyIlex cassine
- May HawthornCrataegus aestivalis
- Dense-flower SmartweedPersicaria densiflora
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Dark-green SedgeCarex venusta
- Fringed SedgeCarex crinita
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Southern Long SedgeCarex lonchocarpa
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Swamp ButtercupRanunculus hispidus var. nitidus
- Coastal Sweet-pepperbushClethra alnifolia
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Drooping BulrushScirpus lineatus
- Shield Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle verticillata
- Spreading BulrushScirpus divaricatus
- Millet BeaksedgeRhynchospora miliacea
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- American MistletoePhoradendron leucarpum
- Coastal DoghobbleLeucothoe axillaris
- Planer-treePlanera aquatica
- Southern Wood-fernDryopteris ludoviciana
- Marsh Mermaid-weedProserpinaca palustris
- White Arrow-arumPeltandra sagittifolia
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliotii
- Smallflower BlueberryVaccinium virgatum
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Swamp RedbayTamala palustris
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Coral GreenbrierSmilax walteri
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Horsetail CrowngrassPaspalum fluitans
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Southern Dark Green SedgeCarex venusta var. minor
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
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.




















































































