Habitat in Louisiana
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone
Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Midwestern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- Southeastern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- White Prairie CloverDalea candida
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Barren St. JohnswortHypericum sphaerocarpum
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Ribseed SandmatEuphorbia glyptosperma
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Pink PurslanePortulaca pilosa
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Narrowleaf GumweedGrindelia lanceolata
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Tapertip FlatsedgeCyperus acuminatus
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
- Composite DropseedSporobolus compositus var. compositus
- Ozark DropseedSporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Snowy Black AnthersMelanthera nivea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Louisiana yet.
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.