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
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.