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.
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Soft Golden-asterChrysopsis pilosa
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
- Texas Prickly-pearOpuntia engelmannii
- Virginia Ground-cherryPhysalis virginiana
- Buffalo-bur NightshadeSolanum rostratum
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Large Spotted St. JohnswortHypericum pseudomaculatum
- Golden St. John's-wortHypericum frondosum
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- Blackseed PlantainPlantago rugelii
- Common CinquefoilPotentilla simplex
- Common Partridge PeaChamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata
- Common RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Meadow GarlicAllium canadense
- Palmer's AmaranthAmaranthus palmeri
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Slender PlantainPlantago heterophylla
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Woolly PlantainPlantago patagonica
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Perennial RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 129
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Near water in this habitat 43
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.