Habitat in North Carolina
Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)
Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead. NatureServe
- Plants
- 34
- Birds
- 108
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 34
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Sandpaper VervainVerbena scabra
- Tidal ArrowheadSagittaria spongiosa
- Dwarf ArrowheadSagittaria subulata
- Black NeedlerushJuncus roemerianus
- Carolina Sea-lavenderLimonium carolinianum
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- New England BulrushBolboschoenus novae-angliae
- Pink RedstemAmmannia latifolia
- Carolina Spider-lilyHymenocallis crassifolia
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca rigida
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Longleaf LobeliaLobelia elongata
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Pasture FlatsedgeCyperus brevifolioides
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- European BugleweedLycopus europaeus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 82
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- RedheadAythya americana
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- King RailRallus elegans
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Widespread birds also seen here (26)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- European Starling
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Northern Cardinal
- Osprey
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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)
- Scene Swanquarter NWR ncwetlands KG (16), NC Wetlands (ncwetlands.org), photographer initials KG habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.



































































