Marsh Grasses

Marsh grasses are an intrinsic and vital part of Louisiana’s Outback environment. They are incredibly varied and provide both food and shelter for birds. Shellfish breed in the tangled roots.

Development poses the greatest risk to grasses along the Creole Nature Trail. Those at risk include the bluestem; switchgrass; Indiangrass; eastern gamagrass; brown-seed, thin and Florida paspalum; longspike tridens; pinewoods dropseed; gaping panicum; purple silkyscale; and gulf cordgrass.