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.
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Low Pinebarren MilkwortSenega ramosa
- Maryland MilkwortSenega mariana
- Nuttall's LobeliaLobelia nuttallii
- Bushy GoldentopEuthamia leptocephala
- Indian CupscaleSacciolepis indica
- Purple SilkyscaleAnthaenantia rufa
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- White-edge WitchgrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. tenue
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Scabrous Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium var. scabridum
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Itch-grassRottboellia cochinchinensis
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.