Habitat in North Carolina
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
- 245
- Birds
- 68

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 245
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Rough WitchgrassDichanthelium leucothrix
- Tall Meadow-rueThalictrum pubescens
- California BulrushSchoenoplectus californicus
- Coast Cockspur-grassEchinochloa walteri
- Gulf Coast Swallow-wortPattalias paluster
- Blue Water-hyssopBacopa caroliniana
- Tropical Water-hyssopBacopa innominata
- Common SpikerushEleocharis palustris
- Englemann's SpikerushEleocharis engelmannii
- Squarestem SpikerushEleocharis quadrangulata
- Seashore SaltgrassDistichlis spicata
- Soapwort GentianGentiana saponaria
- Marsh Rose-gentianSabatia dodecandra
- American GlasswortSalicornia virginica
- Dwarf GlasswortSalicornia bigelovii
- Three-rib ArrowgrassTriglochin striata
- Weakley's Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia weakleyi
- Elliott's AsterSymphyotrichum elliottii
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Tall BeggarticksBidens vulgata
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- Halberd-leaf TearthumbPersicaria arifolia
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- Eastern Straw SedgeCarex straminea
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Mexican Primrose-willowLudwigia octovalvis
- Quillwort ArrowheadSagittaria isoetiformis
- Slender Blue IrisIris prismatica
- Cabbage PalmettoSabal palmetto
- Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- Florida DockRumex floridanus
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- American SpeedwellVeronica americana
- Dark-green BulrushScirpus atrovirens
- Georgia BulrushScirpus georgianus
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Woodland BulrushScirpus expansus
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Looseflower Water-willowJusticia ovata
- Mingled BeakrushRhynchospora mixta
- Green FlatsedgeCyperus virens
- Many-spike FlatsedgeCyperus polystachyos
- Marsh FlatsedgeCyperus pseudovegetus
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 23
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- King RailRallus elegans
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Widespread birds also seen here (45)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Canada Goose
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- 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)
- Chase Prairie at low water (5178699859), Stacy Shelton / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.
















































