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.
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- Seaside SeedboxLudwigia maritima
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Scaleleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis aphylla
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Florida Hoary-peaTephrosia florida
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Sprawling Hoary-peaTephrosia hispidula
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Pine LilyLilium catesbaei
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- One-flower Honeycomb-headBalduina uniflora
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Baldwin's BeaksedgeRhynchospora baldwinii
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Clustered BeaksedgeRhynchospora glomerata
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Elliott's BeaksedgeRhynchospora elliottii
- Fairy BeaksedgeRhynchospora pusilla
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Fewflower BeaksedgeRhynchospora rariflora
- Fringed BeaksedgeRhynchospora ciliaris
- Giant Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora latifolia
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Harvey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harveyi
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.