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.
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Nodding BeaksedgeRhynchospora inexpansa
- Pagoda BeaksedgeRhynchospora compressa
- Plumed BeaksedgeRhynchospora plumosa
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Slender BeaksedgeRhynchospora gracilenta
- Small's BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis var. pinetorum
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Spreading BeaksedgeRhynchospora divergens
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Threadleaf BeaksedgeRhynchospora filifolia
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Acid-swamp Yellow-eyed-grassXyris serotina
- Baldwin's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris baldwiniana
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Britton's SpikerushEleocharis brittonii
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- Curtiss's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis var. curtissii
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis var. floridana
- Harper's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris scabrifolia
- Pineland Yellow-eyed-grassXyris stricta
- Tall Yellow-eyed-grassXyris platylepis
- Three-angle SpikerushEleocharis tricostata
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Roundleaf BluetHoustonia procumbens
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Pine Barren FluffgrassTridens ambiguus
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Hooker's MilkwortSenega hookeri
- Litteleaf MilkwortSenega brevifolia
- Orange MilkwortSenega lutea
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis campestris
- Crested Fringed OrchidPlatanthera cristata
- Snowy OrchidPlatanthera nivea
- Yellow Fringeless OrchidPlatanthera integra
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Carolina RedrootLachnanthes caroliniana
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Florida Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes floridana
- Giant-spiral Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes longilabris
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.