Habitat in North Carolina
Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rock
Open, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 99
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Buck Creek AsterSymphyotrichum rhiannon
- Serpentine AsterSymphyotrichum depauperatum
- Pale-fruited HawthornCrataegus pallens
- Serpentine RagwortPackera serpenticola
- Slender RockcressArabis adpressipilis
- Rusty Cliff FernWoodsia ilvensis
- Midwestern Stiff GoldenrodSolidago rigida
- Schweinitz's RagwortPackera schweinitziana
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Broadleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea latifolia
- Granite FlatsedgeCyperus granitophilus
- Houghton's FlatsedgeCyperus houghtonii
- Ozark DropseedSporobolus ozarkanus
- Hairy AlumrootHeuchera villosa
- Missouri RockcressBorodinia missouriensis
- Ruth's Little Brown JugHexastylis ruthii
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Mountain SpleenwortAsplenium montanum
- Oak Barrens Barbara's-buttonsMarshallia legrandii
- Purple-stem CliffbrakePellaea atropurpurea
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Prairie GoldenrodSolidago ptarmicoides
- Southeastern Stiff GoldenrodSolidago jacksonii
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Chalk MapleAcer leucoderme
- Blue Ridge RagwortPackera millefolium
- Roundleaf ServiceberryAmelanchier sanguinea
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Glade Wild QuinineParthenium auriculatum
- Allegheny OnionAllium allegheniense
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Small's PurslanePortulaca smallii
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- Nettleleaf SageSalvia urticifolia
- Ringed WitchgrassDichanthelium annulum
- Small-leaved Meadow-rueThalictrum macrostylum
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Stone Mountain-mintPycnanthemum curvipes
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Virginia False GromwellLithospermum virginianum
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria leonardii
- Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis
- Curtiss's MilkwortSenega curtissii
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- American HarebellCampanula intercedens
- Smooth-seeded Hairy NutrushScleria bellii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in North Carolina yet.
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.