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.
- Slender Rattlesnake-rootNabalus autumnalis
- Smooth Elephant's-footElephantopus nudatus
- Thinleaf Mountain-mintPycnanthemum montanum
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Blue Ridge Golden-bannerThermopsis villosa
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium marianum
- Rattlesnake HawkweedHieracium venosum
- Rough HawkweedHieracium scabrum
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- Curtiss's MilkwortSenega curtissii
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- Mountain CamelliaStewartia ovata
- Canada FrostweedCrocanthemum canadense
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Highland DoghobbleLeucothoe fontanesiana
- Bowman's-rootGillenia trifoliata
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Carolina CoralbeadNephroia carolina
- Blue Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum tristachyum
- Cutleaf GrapefernSceptridium dissectum
- Pennsylvania Ground-pineDendrolycopodium hickeyi
- Southern GrapefernSceptridium biternatum
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubacer odoratum
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Bigtooth AspenPopulus grandidentata
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Velvet SedgeCarex vestita
- Broadtooth Hedge-nettleStachys latidens
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Fraser's LoosestrifeLysimachia fraseri
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeSteironema lanceolatum
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus asteroides
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
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.











































































