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.
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- One-flower Honeycomb-headBalduina uniflora
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis var. floridana
- Savanna Yellow-eyed-grassXyris flabelliformis
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Dwarf MilkwortSenega nana
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Scarlet ToothcupAmmannia coccinea
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida purpurascens var. virgata
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Fringed Star-grassHypoxis juncea
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Pineland Rayless-goldenrodBigelowia nudata
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Woolly SunbonnetsChaptalia tomentosa
- Fringed NutrushScleria ciliata
- Many-flowered Grass-pinkCalopogon multiflorus
- Muehlenberg's NutrushScleria muehlenbergii
- Pineland Scaly-pinkStipulicida setacea
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
- Featherstem ClubmossLycopodiella prostrata
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 92
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Western Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia hypugaea
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.