Habitat in Louisiana
Pine savannas
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil. Schafale
- Plants
- 218
- Birds
- 64
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Variableleaf SunflowerHelianthus heterophyllus
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Northern Wand GoldenrodSolidago stricta
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- LeConte's ThistleCirsium lecontei
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Mohr's ThoroughwortEupatorium mohrii
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Soft Golden-asterChrysopsis pilosa
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Pineland St. John's-wortHypericum suffruticosum
- Roundpod St. John's-wortHypericum cistifolium
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Rosy CamphorweedPluchea rosea
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Longleaf MilkweedAsclepias longifolia
- Michaux's MilkweedAsclepias michauxii
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Early CrowngrassPaspalum praecox
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Savanna TickseedCoreopsis linifolia
- Savanna SneezeweedHelenium vernale
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 64
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
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.