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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 84
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Largeleaf PennywortHydrocotyle bonariensis
- Railroad VineIpomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
- Rough American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. muricata
- Beach WormwoodArtemisia stelleriana
- Broadleaved SpurgeEuphorbia platyphyllos
- Common FigFicus carica
- Common SaltwortSalsola kali
- Creeping WoodsorrelOxalis corniculata
- Crowfoot GrassDactyloctenium aegyptium
- PoorjoeDiodia teres
- Slender AmaranthAmaranthus viridis
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
- Puncture-vineTribulus terrestris
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Widespread birds also seen here (26)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Kestrel
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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.