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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 218
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Soft Golden-asterChrysopsis pilosa
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Chapman's BeaksedgeRhynchospora chapmanii
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Fewflower BeaksedgeRhynchospora rariflora
- Harvey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harveyi
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Acid-swamp Yellow-eyed-grassXyris serotina
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis var. floridana
- Harper's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris scabrifolia
- Pineland Yellow-eyed-grassXyris stricta
- Orange MilkwortSenega lutea
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Spoonleaf SundewDrosera intermedia
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Eastern Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium atlanticum
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Golden-crestLophiola aurea
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Woolly SunbonnetsChaptalia tomentosa
- Muehlenberg's NutrushScleria muehlenbergii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 48
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
Widespread birds also seen here (16)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
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.













































































