Habitat in Louisiana
Coastal dunes and beaches
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them. Schafale
- Plants
- 84
- Birds
- 156
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Shoreline Sea-purslaneSesuvium portulacastrum
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Roundleaf BluetHoustonia procumbens
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Pinewoods FingergrassEustachys petraea
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Sea OatsUniola paniculata
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Perennial SandgrassTriplasis americana
- Purple SandgrassTriplasis purpurea
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- White ScrewstemBartonia verna
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Beach WormwoodArtemisia stelleriana
- Broadleaved SpurgeEuphorbia platyphyllos
- Common FigFicus carica
- Common SaltwortSalsola kali
- Creeping WoodsorrelOxalis corniculata
- Crowfoot GrassDactyloctenium aegyptium
- Largeleaf PennywortHydrocotyle bonariensis
- PoorjoeDiodia teres
- Railroad VineIpomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
- Rough American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. muricata
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
- Slender AmaranthAmaranthus viridis
- Puncture-vineTribulus terrestris
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 156
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
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.