Habitat in North Carolina
Forest edges and thickets
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets. Schafale
- Plants
- 231
- Birds
- 100
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 231
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Bristly BlackberryRubus setosus
- Tall LarkspurDelphinium exaltatum
- Canada PlumPrunus nigra
- Fire CherryPrunus pensylvanica
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Gray DogwoodSwida racemosa
- Roughleaf DogwoodSwida asperifolia
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Sawtooth BlackberryRubus argutus
- Buffalo CloverTrifolium reflexum
- Cutleaf GoldenrodSolidago arguta
- Hairy LettuceLactuca hirsuta
- Tall Blue LettuceLactuca biennis
- Rochester HawthornCrataegus beata
- Upland BonesetEupatorium sessilifolium
- Saltmarsh Morning-gloryIpomoea sagittata
- Cornel-leaf AsterDoellingeria infirma
- Halberd-leaf TearthumbPersicaria arifolia
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- Creeping LespedezaLespedeza repens
- Thicket BeanPhaseolus polystachios
- Violet LespedezaLespedeza frutescens
- Virginia SpiraeaSpiraea virginiana
- Wand LespedezaLespedeza violacea
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Spotted St. John's-wortHypericum punctatum
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Fourleaf MilkweedAsclepias quadrifolia
- Poke MilkweedAsclepias exaltata
- MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
- Northeastern BindweedConvolvulus americanus
- Virginia Virgin's-bowerClematis virginiana
- Carolina PhloxPhlox carolina
- CurlyheadsClematis ochroleuca
- Velvet WitchgrassDichanthelium scoparium
- Basil Mountain-mintPycnanthemum clinopodioides
- Beadle's Mountain-mintPycnanthemum beadlei
- Common Elephant's-footElephantopus tomentosus
- Beaked DodderCuscuta rostrata
- Hazel DodderCuscuta coryli
- Bent-awn PlumegrassErianthus contortus
- Lanceleaf FigwortScrophularia lanceolata
- Bigtop LovegrassEragrostis hirsuta
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.
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Near water in this habitat 6
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (58)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Thrasher
- 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
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Fox Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- 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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.















































































