Habitat in Louisiana
Sandhills
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire. Schafale
- Plants
- 165
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Louisiana. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 165
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Queen's-delightStillingia sylvatica
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Coastal Plain Small Spreading PogoniaCleistesiopsis oricamporum
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia var. tenuifolia
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Chapman's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris chapmanii
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- Texas PipewortEriocaulon texense
- Pineland Scaly-pinkStipulicida setacea
- Yellow ButterwortPinguicula lutea
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- SweetshrubCalycanthus floridus
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Louisiana yet.
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.