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
- 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
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.