Habitat in North Carolina
Moderately dry forests
Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes. Schafale
- Plants
- 19
- Birds
- 106
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 19
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Woodland LettuceLactuca floridana
- Rosy SedgeCarex rosea
- Alternate-leaf DogwoodSwida alternifolia
- Cornel-leaf AsterDoellingeria infirma
- Small's Black-snakerootSanicula smallii
- Small Whorled PogoniaIsotria medeoloides
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Yellow PimpernelTaenidia integerrima
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesqueanum
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Summer SedgeCarex aestivalis
- SweetshrubCalycanthus floridus
- Porter's ReedgrassCalamagrostis porteri
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Broadleaf HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Sweet CherryPrunus avium
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 36
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
Near water in this habitat 4
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Widespread birds also seen here (66)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- 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
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- 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)
- Oak-hickory-forest-col-tn1, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.
























































