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.
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria leonardii
- Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis
- Carolina AnemoneAnemone caroliniana
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- American HarebellCampanula intercedens
- Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Allegheny-vineAdlumia fungosa
- Three-flower MelicgrassMelica nitens
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis pumila
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Ashy HydrangeaHydrangea cinerea
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Smooth Purple ConeflowerEchinacea laevigata
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Tapertip FlatsedgeCyperus acuminatus
- Hairy Mock-orangePhiladelphus hirsutus
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Canada YewTaxus canadensis
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- Yellow SunnybellSchoenolirion croceum
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Smallfruit SeedboxLudwigia microcarpa
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Thorne's BeaksedgeRhynchospora thornei
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia lanceolata
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
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.



































