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.
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Allegheny-vineAdlumia fungosa
- Three-flower MelicgrassMelica nitens
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Appalachian VioletViola appalachiensis
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Rough Hedge-nettleStachys aspera
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Ashy HydrangeaHydrangea cinerea
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Smooth Purple ConeflowerEchinacea laevigata
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Tufted BulrushTrichophorum cespitosum
- Hairy Mock-orangePhiladelphus hirsutus
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Canada YewTaxus canadensis
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Old-pasture BluegrassPoa saltuensis
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia lanceolata
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Porter's ReedgrassCalamagrostis porteri
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
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.