Habitat in Louisiana

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines. Schafale

Plants: 172
Birds: 95

Plants

Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.

Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Tree. Native
Slender Flat-top Goldenrod
Euthamia caroliniana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Wildflower or fern. Native
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Tree. Native
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Tree. Native
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Tree. Native
White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree. Native
Florida Maple
Acer floridanum
Tree. Native
Smooth Arrow Wood
Viburnum recognitum
Tree. Native
Witherod Viburnum
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides
Tree. Native
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hollow Joe-pye-weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Wildflower or fern. Native
Arrowleaf Violet
Viola sagittata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Crownbeard
Verbesina walteri
Wildflower or fern. Native
Dark Indigo Bush
Amorpha nitens
Shrub. Native
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Tree. Native
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Shrub. Native
Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda
Wildflower or fern. Native
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Tree. Native
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree. Native
Granite Gooseberry
Ribes curvatum
Shrub. Native
Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Buckthorn Bumelia
Sideroxylon lycioides
Tree. Native
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Tree. Native
Vitis cinerea
Vitis cinerea
Vine. Native
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vine. Native
Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla
Tree. Native
Cat Greenbrier
Smilax glauca
Shrub. Native
Common Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
Vine. Native
Devil's-walkingstick
Aralia spinosa
Tree. Native
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Tree. Native
Bushy St. John's-wort
Hypericum densiflorum
Shrub. Native
Early St. John's-wort
Hypericum nudiflorum
Shrub. Native
Fernald's Tick-trefoil
Desmodium fernaldii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Naked Tick-trefoil
Desmodium nudiflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pointedleaf Tick-trefoil
Desmodium glutinosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Carrion-flower
Smilax herbacea
Vine. Native
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Shrub. Native
Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
Tree. Native
Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
Shrub. Native
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Grass or sedge. Native
Tinted Spurge
Euphorbia commutata
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Hop-hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Tree. Native
Lobed Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Northern Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Shrub. Native
Spotted Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Purplehead Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
Wildflower or fern. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 80

American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Year-round
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Year-round
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Year-round, beside its main habitat
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Year-round
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Year-round
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Year-round
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Year-round
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Winter
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Year-round
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Year-round
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Year-round
Black-and-White Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Year-round
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Summer
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Year-round
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Year-round
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Winter
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Year-round
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Winter
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Year-round
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Year-round
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Year-round
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Summer
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Year-round
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Summer
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Year-round
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Summer, beside its main habitat
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Winter
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Year-round
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Year-round
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Winter
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Summer
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asio
Year-round
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Year-round
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Summer
Eurasian Collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Year-round
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Year-round
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Winter
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Winter
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Year-round
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Summer
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Year-round
Harris's Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula
Winter
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Winter
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Summer
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Summer
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Winter

Near water in this habitat 15

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Year-round, only within 60 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Year-round, only within 120 m of water
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Summer, only within 120 m of water
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Summer, only within 120 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.