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.
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- GalaxGalax urceolata
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- WaterpodHydrolea quadrivalvis
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Common LeopardbaneArnica acaulis
- PiratebushBuckleya distichophylla
- Bluebead-lilyClintonia borealis
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Georgia AsterSymphyotrichum georgianum
- Woolly RagwortPackera dubia
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Appalachian GooseberryRibes rotundifolium
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- September ElmUlmus serotina
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia tinctoria
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Old-pasture BluegrassPoa saltuensis
- Summer SedgeCarex aestivalis
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Stalked PanicgrassColeataenia pulchra
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Fringed BromeBromus ciliatus
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- Coastal LovegrassEragrostis refracta
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
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.






















































