Habitat in North Carolina
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time. Schafale
- Plants
- 367
- Birds
- 150

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 367
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Hairy WoodmintBlephilia hirsuta
- Canada MoonseedMenispermum canadense
- Common Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
- Spreading ChervilChaerophyllum procumbens
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Short's ChervilChaerophyllum shortii
- False Rue-anemoneEnemion biternatum
- Scouring RushEquisetum praealtum
- Bluntlobe GrapefernSceptridium oneidense
- Rattlesnake FernBotrypus virginianus
- Bay StarvineSchisandra glabra
- Purple TwaybladeLiparis liliifolia
- Shadow-witchPonthieva racemosa
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Water PurslaneDidiplis diandra
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Smooth Threepart VioletViola glaberrima
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Littlehip HawthornCrataegus spathulata
- ButterweedPackera glabella
- Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Aquatic MilkweedAsclepias perennis
- Yadkin Hedge-nettleStachys matthewsii
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- PondberryLindera melissifolia
- Star ChickweedStellaria pubera
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Allegheny SedgeCarex allegheniensis
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Godfrey's SedgeCarex godfreyi
- Graceful SedgeCarex gracillima
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.
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- American CootFulica americana
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
Widespread birds also seen here (78)
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-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- 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
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- 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-billed Cuckoo
- 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 recently flooded bottomland hardwood wetland Roanoke River NWR Kristie Gianopulos (7), Kristie Gianopulos / NC Wetlands (ncwetlands.org) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.





























































