Northern Parula in Louisiana

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 7

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp; West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp; Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome; Mississippi River Bottomland DepressionJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874)*The Land of Evangeline*, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

WinterOnly within 120 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

SummerOnly within 120 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest; East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterOnly within 120 m of water.Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

WinterOnly within 120 m of water.Deciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Other habitats in its models (67)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (37)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
South Florida Cypress Dome Summer and winter.
South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer and winter.
South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
South Florida Pine Rockland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Summer.
South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.

Northeast (3)

Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.

Land cover and other classes (27)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Summer.
Developed, Low Intensity Winter, only within 120 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Recently Burned Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Recently Burned Shrubland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 120 m of water.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

Summer: nests here, in all 64 parishes.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.