Habitat in North Carolina
Freshwater tidal marshes
Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide. Schafale
- Plants
- 30
- Birds
- 116

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 30
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Saltmarsh Water-hempAmaranthus cannabinus
- Seashore MallowKosteletzkya pentacarpos
- Carolina BishopweedPtilimnium ahlesii
- Riverbank Evening-primroseOenothera riparia
- Long's BittercressCardamine longii
- Coastal Water-hyssopBacopa monnieri
- Beaked SpikerushEleocharis rostellata
- American ReedPhragmites americanus
- Godfrey's SandwortSabulina paludicola
- Eastern GrasswortLilaeopsis chinensis
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Small-leaved Meadow-rueThalictrum macrostylum
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
- Red TurtleheadChelone obliqua
- Ribbed BishopweedPtilimnium costatum
- Sweet WoodreedCinna arundinacea
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Broadleaf Pond-lilyNuphar advena
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Marsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Climbing AsterAmpelaster carolinianus
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- South American SeedboxLudwigia bonariensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 82
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- American CootFulica americana
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Widespread birds also seen here (34)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Canada Goose
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- Fish Crow
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hooded Merganser
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Turkey Vulture
- 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)
- DSC 9742 (8094627800), Garry Tucker / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.


















































