Habitat in Louisiana
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale
- Plants
- 958
- Birds
- 172
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 958
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
- Annual TrampweedFacelis retusa
- Annual Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum aristatum
- Asian CrabgrassDigitaria bicornis
- Bahia GrassPaspalum notatum var. saurae
- Ball CloverTrifolium nigrescens
- Bird's-eye SpeedwellVeronica persica
- Bitter DockRumex obtusifolius
- Black BindweedFallopia convolvulus
- Blessed Milk-thistleSilybum marianum
- Blue Field-madderSherardia arvensis
- Brazilian Cat's-earHypochaeris brasiliensis
- Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
- Bristly Dog's-tailCynosurus echinatus
- Broadleaf Signal-grassBrachiaria platyphylla
- Brome FescueVulpia bromoides
- Browntop MilletUrochloa ramosa
- BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum
- Bur ChervilAnthriscus caucalis
- Bur MedickMedicago minima
- Burdock CloverTrifolium lappaceum
- Butter-and-eggsLinaria vulgaris
- CabbageBrassica oleracea
- Caley PeaLathyrus hirsutus
- California PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
- Carolina DayflowerCommelina caroliniana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 102
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Near water in this habitat 40
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (30)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- 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.











































































