Habitat in North Carolina
Granite and other acidic rock outcrops
Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes. Schafale
- Plants
- 70
- Birds
- 18
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 70
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Elf OrpineDiamorpha smallii
- Granite StonecropSedum pusillum
- Georgia RushJuncus georgianus
- Narrowleaf BluecurlsTrichostema setaceum
- Tuckasegee AlumrootHeuchera tuckasegeensis
- Shortpod DrabaAbdra brachycarpa
- Mountain Golden-heatherHudsonia montana
- Rock HarlequinCapnoides sempervirens
- Bradley's SpleenwortAsplenium bradleyi
- Lobed SpleenwortAsplenium pinnatifidum
- Appalachian SandwortGeocarpon glabrum
- One-flower SandwortGeocarpon uniflorum
- Twisted-hair SpikemossBryodesma tortipilum
- Appalachian Cliff FernWoodsia appalachiana
- Appalachian Shoestring FernVittaria appalachiana
- Wright's CliffbrakePellaea wrightiana
- Hairy LipfernMyriopteris lanosa
- Lowbush BlueberryVaccinium angustifolium
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Little Prickly-pearOpuntia drummondii
- Buckley's St. John's-wortHypericum buckleyi
- Smallhead Blazing-starLiatris microcephala
- Mapleleaf GoosefootChenopodiastrum simplex
- Hairy SpiderwortTradescantia hirsuticaulis
- Spotted PhaceliaPhacelia maculata
- Granite FlatsedgeCyperus granitophilus
- Bog OatgrassDanthonia epilis
- Hairy AlumrootHeuchera villosa
- Missouri RockcressBorodinia missouriensis
- Branched DrabaDraba ramosissima
- Piedmont QuillwortIsoetes piedmontana
- Mountain SpleenwortAsplenium montanum
- Rock SpikemossBryodesma rupestre
- Sand SpikemossBryodesma acanthonota
- Dwarf Filmy-fernDidymoglossum petersii
- Green-fly OrchidEpidendrum conopseum
- Blue Ridge RagwortPackera millefolium
- Allegheny OnionAllium allegheniense
- Hartwig's LocustRobinia hartwigii
- Small's PurslanePortulaca smallii
- Biltmore SedgeCarex biltmoreana
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Stone Mountain-mintPycnanthemum curvipes
- Keeled BulrushIsolepis carinata
- HarperellaHarperella nodosa
- Piedmont False-pimpernelLindernia monticola
- Winter GrapefernSceptridium lunarioides
- Petite-plantLepuropetalon spathulatum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 2
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Widespread birds also seen here (16)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
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)
- Rock outcrop at Panola Mountain State Park, Thomson200 habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.





























