Habitat in North Carolina
Coastal dunes and beaches
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them. Schafale
- Plants
- 132
- Birds
- 161

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 132
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Largeleaf PennywortHydrocotyle bonariensis
- Red MangroveRhizophora mangle
- Seashore False BindweedConvolvulus soldanella
- Seaside EryngoEryngium maritimum
- Silverleaf SunflowerHelianthus argophyllus
- Water MedickMedicago littoralis
- Beach Evening-primroseOenothera drummondii
- Beach WormwoodArtemisia stelleriana
- Common FigFicus carica
- Creeping WoodsorrelOxalis corniculata
- Crowfoot GrassDactyloctenium aegyptium
- Hoary StockMatthiola incana
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Little-bellIpomoea triloba
- Red SpiderlingBoerhavia coccinea
- Rough CloverTrifolium scabrum
- Slender AmaranthAmaranthus viridis
- Texas Prickly-pearOpuntia lindheimeri
- Winged PigweedDysphania atriplicifolia
- Marine-ivyCissus trifoliata
- Southern BluetHoustonia micrantha
- Japanese SedgeCarex kobomugi
- Beach VitexVitex rotundifolia
- Puncture-vineTribulus terrestris
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 115
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- SoraPorzana carolina
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Widespread birds also seen here (46)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Kestrel
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Turkey Vulture
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- Core Banks dunes, June 2013, Jarek Tuszyński habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.






































