Habitat in Louisiana
Prairies and grasslands
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies. Schafale
- Plants
- 160
- Birds
- 86
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Rydbergs Blazing StarLiatris hirsuta
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Blue SedgeCarex glaucodea
- Bush's SedgeCarex bushii
- Common PepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Southern SedgeCarex austrina
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Rough Blazing-starLiatris aspera
- Upright Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
- Alabama RosinweedSilphium asperrimum
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Starved WitchgrassDichanthelium depauperatum
- Inland RushJuncus interior
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Manyflower Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle umbellata
- White SagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Dwarf SkullcapScutellaria parvula
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. australis
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 59
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Near water in this habitat 27
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
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.