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.
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Canby's Mountain-loverPaxistima canbyi
- Button MedickMedicago orbicularis
- Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Kunth's Maiden-fernPelazoneuron kunthii
- Narrowleaf GumweedGrindelia lanceolata
- Wedgeleaf DrabaTomostima cuneifolia
- Blackberry-lilyIris domestica
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Red River ScaleseedSpermolepis inermis
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
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.

















