Habitat in Louisiana
Hardwood and oak flatwoods
Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp. NatureServe
- Plants
- 11
- Birds
- 128
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 11
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Barrens MilkweedAsclepias hirtella
- Barbed Rattlesnake RootPrenanthes barbata
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Bushs MuhlyMuhlenbergia bushii
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 82
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Near water in this habitat 12
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- American CootFulica americana
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Widespread birds also seen here (34)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.






















































