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.
- Narrowleaf Cow-wheatMelampyrum lineare
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Lloyd's St. John's-wortHypericum lloydii
- Tufted BulrushTrichophorum cespitosum
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Yellow SunnybellSchoenolirion croceum
- Georgia AsterSymphyotrichum georgianum
- Woolly RagwortPackera dubia
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Texas PipewortEriocaulon texense
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Confederate DaisyHelianthus porteri
- Rose-mossPortulaca grandiflora
- Spring DrabaDraba verna
- Texas ToadflaxLinaria texana
- Longleaf SunflowerHelianthus longifolius
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Small WaterwortElatine minima
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Blackberry-lilyIris domestica
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.