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.
- Southern RockbellWahlenbergia marginata
- SpiderwispGynandropsis gynandra
- Spiny AmaranthAmaranthus spinosus
- Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
- Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
- Spreading ChinchweedPectis prostrata
- Spreading WallflowerErysimum repandum
- Spring VetchVicia lathyroides
- Stalked BurgrassTragus racemosus
- Sticky ChickweedCerastium glomeratum
- Sticky NightshadeSolanum sisymbriifolium
- StinkgrassEragrostis cilianensis
- Stinking Chamomile*Anthemis cotula
- Strawberry-raspberryRubus illecebrosus
- Strict Forget-me-notMyosotis stricta
- Suckling Hop CloverTrifolium dubium
- Sulphur CinquefoilPotentilla recta
- Summer-cypressBassia scoparia
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatas
- Sweet TangleheadHeteropogon melanocarpus
- Sweet William CatchflyAtocion armeria
- Sweet WormwoodArtemisia annua
- Tall False HawksbeardYoungia thunbergiana
- Tall HawkweedPilosella piloselloides
- Texas Signal-grassUrochloa texana
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Three-lobed Morning-gloryIpomoea grandifolia
- Thunberg's GeraniumGeranium thunbergii
- Thunberg's LespedezaLespedeza thunbergii
- Thunberg's MeadowsweetSpiraea thunbergii
- Tiger LilyLilium lancifolium
- Tiny VetchVicia hirsuta
- Toothed MedickMedicago polymorpha
- Tropical Mexican-cloverRichardia brasiliensis
- Tumble MustardSisymbrium altissimum
- Tyrol KnapweedCentaurea nigrescens
- Upland CottonGossypium hirsutum
- Variable FlatsedgeCyperus difformis
- Velvet BeanMucuna pruriens
- VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti
- Venus'-combScandix pecten-veneris
- Viper GrassDinebra retroflexa
- Wall BedstrawGalium anglicum
- Water-grassBulbostylis barbata
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatus
- Weeping AlkaligrassPuccinellia distans
- White AmaranthAmaranthus albus
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.




































































