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
- 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.