Habitat in North Carolina
Forests and woodlands
Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry. Schafale
- Plants
- 782
- Birds
- 77

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 782
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Thinleaf Mountain-mintPycnanthemum montanum
- Virginia False GromwellLithospermum virginianum
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Croatan BeaksedgeRhynchospora croatanensis
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Bristly FlatsedgeCyperus hystricinus
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Southeastern FlatsedgeCyperus filiculmis
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria leonardii
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria australis
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Carolina IndigoIndigofera caroliniana
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Eastern Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum psoralioides
- Erect SnoutbeanRhynchosia tomentosa
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Southern BrackenPteridium pseudocaudatum
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Eastern BrackenPteridium latiusculum
- Flattened OatgrassDanthonia compressa
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Whorled HorsebalmCollinsonia verticillata
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Striped GentianGentiana villosa
- Canada FrostweedCrocanthemum canadense
- Carolina AnemoneAnemone caroliniana
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Hairy Solomon's-sealPolygonatum pubescens
- Low FrostweedCrocanthemum propinquum
- Marginal Wood-fernDryopteris marginalis
- Virginia WaterleafHydrophyllum virginianum
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- Yellow PimpernelTaenidia integerrima
- Bluntleaf WaterleafHydrophyllum canadense
- Carolina FoxtailAlopecurus carolinianus
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Woodland Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes sylvatica
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 19
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Widespread birds also seen here (58)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- 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
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- 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)
- Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.











































