Habitat in North Carolina
Depression ponds and limesinks
Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons. Schafale
- Plants
- 123
- Birds
- 118

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 123
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Bay BonesetEupatorium paludicola
- False FennelEupatorium leptophyllum
- Hairy SmartweedPersicaria hirsuta
- Shrubby SeedboxLudwigia suffruticosa
- Hirst's WitchgrassDichanthelium hirstii
- Coastal BeaksedgeRhynchospora pleiantha
- Grooved BeaksedgeRhynchospora sulcata
- Harper's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harperi
- Narrow-fruit Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora inundata
- Tracy's BeaksedgeRhynchospora tracyi
- Slender Water-milfoilMyriophyllum tenellum
- Tall Pinebarren MilkwortSenega cymosa
- Harper's ButtonweedDiodia harperi
- PondspiceLitsea aestivalis
- Baldwin's NutrushScleria baldwinii
- Netted NutrushScleria reticularis
- Florida Yellow BladderwortUtricularia floridana
- Southern BladderwortUtricularia juncea
- Clustered BluetEdrastima uniflora
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Pink TickseedCoreopsis rosea
- Southeastern SeedboxLudwigia linifolia
- Flaxleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis linifolia
- Boykin's LobeliaLobelia boykinii
- Canby's LobeliaLobelia canbyi
- Eaton's WitchgrassDichanthelium spretum
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Awned Meadow-beautyRhexia aristosa
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Threadleaf BeaksedgeRhynchospora filifolia
- Robbins's SpikerushEleocharis robbinsii
- Slim SpikerushEleocharis elongata
- Three-angle SpikerushEleocharis tricostata
- Viviparous SpikerushEleocharis vivipara
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Big Floating-heartNymphoides aquatica
- Dwarf BladderwortUtricularia olivacea
- Horned BladderwortUtricularia cornuta
- Leafy BladderwortUtricularia foliosa
- Harper's FimbryFimbristylis perpusilla
- Golden Hedge-hyssopGratiola lutea
- Northern BluethreadBurmannia biflora
- Southern BluethreadBurmannia capitata
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium anomalum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Blister SedgeCarex vesicaria
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 72
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Le Conte's SparrowAmmodramus leconteii
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- BrantBranta bernicla
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- King RailRallus elegans
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- American CootFulica americana
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Widespread birds also seen here (46)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- 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)
- Scene large pond Patsy Pond Trl Croatan NF ncwetlands AM (18), NC Wetlands (ncwetlands.org), photographer initials AM habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.




































































