Habitat in North Carolina
Mountain bogs and fens
Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss. Schafale
- Plants
- 82
- Birds
- 73

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 82
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Sweet-galeMyrica gale
- Appalachian Hedge-nettleStachys appalachiana
- Lesser BladderwortUtricularia minor
- Peat-loving GoldenrodSolidago aestivalis
- Bog RagwortPackera crawfordii
- Carolina LaurelKalmia carolina
- Pitch PinePinus rigida
- Narrowleaf LespedezaLespedeza angustifolia
- Buxbaum's SedgeCarex buxbaumii
- Fewseed SedgeCarex oligosperma
- Necklace SedgeCarex projecta
- Woodland BulrushScirpus expansus
- Dudley's RushJuncus dudleyi
- Beaked SpikerushEleocharis rostellata
- Narrowspike ReedgrassCalamagrostis inexpansa
- Spiked MuhlyMuhlenbergia glomerata
- American ReedPhragmites americanus
- Roundleaf SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Horned BladderwortUtricularia cornuta
- American Fly-honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Blister SedgeCarex vesicaria
- Crested SedgeCarex cristatella
- Hairy-fruit SedgeCarex trichocarpa
- Woolly SedgeCarex pellita
- Epling's Hedge-nettleStachys eplingii
- Rough BedstrawGalium asprellum
- Rufous BulrushScirpus pendulus
- Bog WillowherbEpilobium leptophyllum
- Brownish BeaksedgeRhynchospora capitellata
- Limp MannagrassGlyceria laxa
- Rough AvensGeum laciniatum
- Swamp SaxifrageMicranthes pensylvanica
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida virgata
- Queen-of-the-prairieFilipendula rubra
- Largeleaf Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia grandifolia
- Slender Rose-gentianSabatia campanulata
- Northern SweetgrassHierochloe hirta
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeSteironema lanceolatum
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Swamp LousewortPedicularis lanceolata
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Marsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
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
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Widespread birds also seen here (50)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Bank Swallow
- Black Vulture
- Blue Jay
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- Fish Crow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hooded Merganser
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- 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)
- Southern Appalachian bog site in northwest North Carolina, Gary Peeples/USFWS habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.

















































