Wilson's Snipe in Louisiana

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 6

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

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WinterLower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier; 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.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

WinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune)

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

WinterSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

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.

Winter

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

WinterMississippi River Riparian Forest; Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest; Red River Large Floodplain Forest; Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

WinterOnly within 60 m of water.Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Other habitats in its models (51)

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

Elsewhere in the South (22)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Winter.
Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Winter.
South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain Winter.
South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Winter.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Winter.
Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Winter.
Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Winter.

Northeast (1)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.

Land cover and other classes (28)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Winter.
Central Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 60 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
Recently Burned Winter, only within 60 m of water.
Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 60 m of water.
Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 60 m of water.
Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 60 m of water.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.