Habitat in North Carolina
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone
Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades. Schafale
- Plants
- 121
- Birds
- 19

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 121
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Pink PurslanePortulaca pilosa
- Mapleleaf AlumrootHeuchera aceroides
- Porter's RockcressBorodinia burkii
- Blackstem SpleenwortAsplenium resiliens
- Single-sorus SpleenwortAsplenium monanthes
- Walking FernAsplenium rhizophyllum
- Bulblet Bladder FernCystopteris bulbifera
- Tennessee Bladder FernCystopteris tennesseensis
- Alabama LipfernMyriopteris alabamensis
- Woolly LipfernMyriopteris tomentosa
- Midwestern Stiff GoldenrodSolidago rigida
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Long-sepal BeardtonguePenstemon calycosus
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Heartleaf PlantainPlantago cordata
- Cream Tick-trefoilDesmodium ochroleucum
- Shale Barren BindweedConvolvulus purshianus
- Houghton's FlatsedgeCyperus houghtonii
- Canadian BluetHoustonia canadensis
- Ozark DropseedSporobolus ozarkanus
- Rock MuhlyMuhlenbergia sobolifera
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Spreading RockcressArabis patens
- Branched DrabaDraba ramosissima
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Marl SpleenwortAsplenium heteroresiliens
- Rock SpikemossBryodesma rupestre
- Purple-stem CliffbrakePellaea atropurpurea
- Slender LipfernMyriopteris gracilis
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Southeastern Stiff GoldenrodSolidago jacksonii
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Roundleaf ServiceberryAmelanchier sanguinea
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Glade Wild QuinineParthenium auriculatum
- Allegheny OnionAllium allegheniense
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Nettleleaf SageSalvia urticifolia
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 3
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Near water in this habitat 1
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Widespread birds also seen here (15)
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)
- Limestone cedar glade at Stones River National Battlefield, NPS habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.


































