Habitat in Louisiana
Forest edges and thickets
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets. Schafale
- Plants
- 131
- Birds
- 108
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Buffalo CloverTrifolium reflexum
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Cutleaf GoldenrodSolidago arguta
- Early GoldenrodSolidago juncea
- Field ThistleCirsium discolor
- Tall ThistleCirsium altissimum
- Hairy LettuceLactuca hirsuta
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Tall ThoroughwortEupatorium altissimum
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Lesser SnakerootAgeratina aromatica
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Slender LespedezaLespedeza virginica
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- Creeping LespedezaLespedeza repens
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- Violet LespedezaLespedeza frutescens
- Wand LespedezaLespedeza violacea
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- 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
- Thicket BeanPhaseolus polystachios
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 96
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querula
Near water in this habitat 12
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.