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.
- Small's BogbuttonLachnocaulon minus
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Wrinkled JointgrassMnesithea rugosa
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Woolly Frog's-mouthPhilydrum lanuginosum
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.
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
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.









































