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.
- Woolly WitchgrassDichanthelium scabriusculum
- Carolina False-dandelionPyrrhopappus carolinianus
- Water-plantain SpearwortRanunculus ambigens
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Palespike LobeliaLobelia spicata
- Slender Scratch-daisyCroptilon divaricatum
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Indian-tobaccoLobelia inflata
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Redpod RushJuncus trigonocarpus
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Keeled BulrushIsolepis carinata
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- Fragrant FlatsedgeCyperus odoratus
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Plukenet's FlatsedgeCyperus plukenetii
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Winter BentgrassAgrostis hyemalis
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Acid-swamp Yellow-eyed-grassXyris serotina
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Composite DropseedSporobolus compositus var. compositus
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis var. floridana
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
- Pineland Yellow-eyed-grassXyris stricta
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
- Orange MilkwortSenega lutea
- Powdery ThaliaThalia dealbata
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Georgia FrostweedCrocanthemum georgianum
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.







































































