Habitat in Louisiana
Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rock
Open, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Midwestern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum
- Southeastern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Dark Indigo BushAmorpha nitens
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
- Composite DropseedSporobolus compositus var. compositus
- Ozark DropseedSporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Virginia False GromwellOnosmodium virginianum
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- Great Plains Ladies TressesSpiranthes magnicamporum
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Smooth-seeded Hairy NutrushScleria bellii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Louisiana yet.
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.