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.
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Southern HorseweedConyza canadensis var. pusilla
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Beach Morning-gloryIpomoea imperati
- Beach Evening-primroseOenothera drummondii
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris
- Cottony Golden-asterChrysopsis gossypina
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis angustifolia
- Texas Prickly-pearOpuntia engelmannii
- Upland RedbayTamala borbonia
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Glowing NightshadeSolanum pseudogracile
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Aloe YuccaYucca aloifolia
- Mound-lily YuccaYucca gloriosa
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Ovateleaf FlatsedgeCyperus ovatus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Northern Seabeach OrachAtriplex mucronata
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Dune Marsh-elderIva imbricata
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Seashore DropseedSporobolus virginicus
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.