Habitat in Louisiana
Pine flatwoods
Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas. Schafale
- Plants
- 106
- Birds
- 102
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Sarvis HollyIlex amelanchier
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Dwarf Live OakQuercus minima
- Dwarf HuckleberryGaylussacia dumosa
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Slash PinePinus elliottii
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Lanceleaf GreenbrierSmilax smallii
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Pineland St. John's-wortHypericum suffruticosum
- Roundpod St. John's-wortHypericum cistifolium
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- Seaside SeedboxLudwigia maritima
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Slender CrabgrassDigitaria filiformis
- Dixie Whitetop AsterSericocarpus tortifolius
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Smooth Elephant's-footElephantopus nudatus
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 92
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Near water in this habitat 10
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.