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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 172
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- Bushs MuhlyMuhlenbergia bushii
- American ColumboFrasera caroliniensis
- Beaked CornsaladValerianella radiata
- MayapplePodophyllum peltatum
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- Cutleaf GrapefernBotrychium dissectum
- Southern GrapefernBotrychium biternatum
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Ditch-stonecropPenthorum sedoides
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Trailing LoosestrifeLysimachia radicans
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Whitemouth DayflowerCommelina erecta var. erecta
- Oakleaf HydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- Dixie Wood-fernDryopteris australis
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Dwarf PalmettoSabal minor
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 65
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Near water in this habitat 13
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Widespread birds also seen here (17)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
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.































































