Habitat in Louisiana
Dry forests and woodlands
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine. Schafale
- Plants
- 150
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 150
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Sweet ConeflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- Oblong-fruit PinweedLechea racemulosa
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Louisiana yet.
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.