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.
- Rydbergs Blazing StarLiatris hirsuta
- Rough Blazing-starLiatris aspera
- Manyflower Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle umbellata
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- Twistleaf GoldenrodSolidago tortifolia
- Carolina ThistleCirsium carolinianum
- Lindheimer's BeeblossomGaura lindheimeri
- Pink Evening-primroseOenothera speciosa
- Showy Evening-primroseOenothera grandis
- White Prairie CloverDalea candida
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- Barren St. JohnswortHypericum sphaerocarpum
- Barrens MilkweedAsclepias hirtella
- Ribseed SandmatEuphorbia glyptosperma
- Mobile OnionAllium canadense var. mobilense
- Woolly PlantainPlantago patagonica
- Perennial RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya
- Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
- Blue SedgeCarex glaucodea
- Common PepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- Upright Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
- Alabama RosinweedSilphium asperrimum
- Inland RushJuncus interior
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
- White SagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
- Dwarf SkullcapScutellaria parvula
- Sand Love GrassEragrostis trichodes
- Western Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum pedunculatum
- Prairie Cup GrassEriochloa contracta
- Bristly ScaleseedSpermolepis echinata
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Oklahoma Grass PinkCalopogon oklahomensis
- Purple SandgrassTriplasis purpurea
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Texas VervainVerbena halei
- Woolly CrotonCroton capitatus
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Soft Golden-asterChrysopsis pilosa
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- Warty SpurgeEuphorbia spathulata
- Bush's SedgeCarex bushii
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
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.






























































