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.
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
- Smooth-seeded Hairy NutrushScleria bellii
- Coastal False-asphodelTriantha racemosa
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Hairy Umbrella SedgeFuirena squarrosa
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Coastal Plain Small Spreading PogoniaCleistesiopsis oricamporum
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Tall Yellow-eyed-grassXyris platylepis
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis campestris
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Featherstem ClubmossLycopodiella prostrata
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Yellow ButterwortPinguicula lutea
- Yellow SunnybellSchoenolirion croceum
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Widespread birds also seen here (32)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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.