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
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
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.