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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 131
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Brazilian VervainVerbena brasiliensis
- Chinese BoxthornLycium chinense
- Commom DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- Common FigFicus carica
- Florida Tick-trefoilDesmodium tortuosum
- Himalayan BlackberryRubus bifrons
- JonquilNarcissus jonquilla
- Matrimony VineLycium barbarum
- Northeastern BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. americana
- PeachPrunus persica
- Poet's NarcissusNarcissus poeticus
- Violet CrabgrassDigitaria violascens
- Carolina CoralbeadCocculus carolinus
- Chaste-treeVitex agnus-castus
- Curtiss's MilkwortSenega curtissii
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Smooth BromeBromus inermis
- Orchard GrassDactylis glomerata
- Lesser Balloon-vineCardiospermum halicacabum
- Red Morning-gloryIpomoea coccinea
- Silverleaf NightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium
- White PoplarPopulus alba
- Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 71
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Near water in this habitat 11
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (26)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- 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
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- 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.






















































