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.
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Spotted St. John's-wortHypericum punctatum
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Yellow PassionflowerPassiflora lutea
- MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
- American HazelnutCorylus americana
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
- Virginia Virgin's-bowerClematis virginiana
- Lindheimers Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
- Velvet WitchgrassDichanthelium scoparium
- Western Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Narrowleaf Whitetop AsterSericocarpus linifolius
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Carolina PhloxPhlox carolina
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Common Elephant's-footElephantopus tomentosus
- Smooth Elephant's-footElephantopus nudatus
- Bent-awn PlumegrassErianthus contortus
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Bigtop LovegrassEragrostis hirsuta
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Oblong-fruit PinweedLechea racemulosa
- Eastern Angle PodGonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
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.