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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 160
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Red River ScaleseedSpermolepis inermis
- Featherstem ClubmossLycopodiella prostrata
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Butler's Sand-parsleyAmmoselinum butleri
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Florida BlueheartsBuchnera floridana
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Thread Stalk BeeblossomGaura filipes
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Chapman's RedtopTridens flavus var. chapmanii
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Climbing DogbaneTrachelospermum difforme
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Missouri IronweedVernonia missurica
- Buffalo GrassBuchloe dactyloides
- DogweedDyssodia papposa
- Heart Leaf NoseburnTragia cordata
- Purple MeadowrueThalictrum dasycarpum
- Purple Prairie CloverDalea purpurea
- Ringseed RushJuncus filipendulus
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Slender VervainVerbena rigida
- Smut-grassSporobolus indicus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Near water in this habitat 25
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- SoraPorzana carolina
- WilletTringa semipalmata
Widespread birds also seen here (25)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tree Swallow
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-breasted Chat
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.
























































