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.
- Prune-fruit SedgeCarex corrugata
- Ruth's SedgeCarex ruthii
- Sharp-scale SedgeCarex oxylepis
- Willdenow's SedgeCarex willdenowii
- Indian-hempApocynum cannabinum
- Intermediate DogbaneApocynum floribundum
- Low RattleboxCrotalaria rotundifolia
- Shale Barren BindweedConvolvulus purshianus
- Wand Blazing-starLiatris virgata
- Common PawpawAsimina triloba
- Mapleleaf GoosefootChenopodiastrum simplex
- Pink Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles umbellata
- StarflowerTrientalis borealis
- Whorled LoosestrifeLysimachia quadrifolia
- Allegheny Mountain ButtercupRanunculus allegheniensis
- Smooth PhloxPhlox glaberrima
- Black WalnutJuglans nigra
- Ohio SpiderwortTradescantia ohiensis
- Carolina PhloxPhlox carolina
- Hairy SpiderwortTradescantia hirsuticaulis
- Zigzag SpiderwortTradescantia subaspera
- Toothed RosinweedSilphium dentatum
- Deer-tongue WitchgrassDichanthelium clandestinum
- Honey LocustGleditsia triacanthos
- Many-flowered WitchgrassDichanthelium polyanthes
- Needleleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium aciculare
- Eastern Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
- Slender IndiangrassSorghastrum elliottii
- Purple Giant-hyssopAgastache scrophulariifolia
- Sweet-fernComptonia peregrina
- Torrey's Mountain-mintPycnanthemum torreyi
- Cylindrical Rattlesnake-rootNabalus cylindricus
- Roan Mountain Rattlesnake-rootNabalus roanensis
- Sleepy CatchflySilene antirrhina
- Basil Mountain-mintPycnanthemum clinopodioides
- Beadle's Mountain-mintPycnanthemum beadlei
- Common Elephant's-footElephantopus tomentosus
- Hazel DodderCuscuta coryli
- Allegheny Mountain Golden-bannerThermopsis mollis
- Bent-awn PlumegrassErianthus contortus
- Sandywoods ChaffheadCarphephorus bellidifolius
- Rough FlatsedgeCyperus retrofractus
- Trailing ArbutusEpigaea repens
- Azure BluetHoustonia caerulea
- Canadian BluetHoustonia canadensis
- Western Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum pedunculatum
- Common Threeseed MercuryAcalypha rhomboidea
- Eastern TeaberryGaultheria procumbens
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.














































