Habitat in North Carolina
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale
- Plants
- 1314
- Birds
- 152
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 1314
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Small Venus's-looking-glassTriodanis biflora
- Southern FumewortCorydalis halei
- Southern FimbryFimbristylis decipiens
- Trailing PearlwortSagina decumbens
- Virginia-cressPlanodes virginicum
- Whitehead BogbuttonLachnocaulon anceps
- Canada PlumPrunus nigra
- Paleleaf SunflowerHelianthus strumosus
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Purpledisk SunflowerHelianthus atrorubens
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Smooth SunflowerHelianthus laevigatus
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Gray GoldenrodSolidago nemoralis
- Northern DewberryRubus flagellaris
- Sand BlackberryRubus cuneifolius
- Sawtooth BlackberryRubus argutus
- Showy GoldenrodSolidago speciosa
- Heartleaf AsterSymphyotrichum cordifolium
- Simmonds's AsterSymphyotrichum simmondsii
- White GoldenrodSolidago bicolor
- Tall Blue LettuceLactuca biennis
- Spanish-needlesBidens bipinnata
- Tall BeggarticksBidens vulgata
- Rochester HawthornCrataegus beata
- Yellow CrownbeardVerbesina occidentalis
- Pale SmartweedPersicaria lapathifolia
- Seabeach Evening-primroseOenothera humifusa
- Small SundropsOenothera perennis
- American Field PansyViola rafinesquei
- Lance's HawthornCrataegus lancei
- Blue Sandhill LupineLupinus diffusus
- Carolina VetchVicia caroliniana
- Lady LupineLupinus villosus
- Pennsylvania SmartweedPersicaria pensylvanica
- Bushy KnotweedPolygonum prolificum
- Dwarf CinquefoilPotentilla canadensis
- Sandhill Golden-asterPityopsis pinifolia
- CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris
- Virginia Ground-cherryPhysalis virginiana
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Clammy LocustRobinia viscosa
- Common CinquefoilPotentilla simplex
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Rough CinquefoilPotentilla norvegica
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Pineland PlantainPlantago sparsiflora
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 65
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
Near water in this habitat 27
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- BrantBranta bernicla
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- SoraPorzana carolina
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (60)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bank Swallow
- Black Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- 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)
- Old-Salem-fields-tn1, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.




















































































