Habitat in North Carolina
Pine flatwoods
Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas. Schafale
- Plants
- 150
- Birds
- 79
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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 150
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Dixie Whitetop AsterSericocarpus tortifolius
- Smooth Elephant's-footElephantopus nudatus
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Woolly ChaffheadCarphephorus tomentosus
- Southern BrackenPteridium pseudocaudatum
- Smallhead Marsh-elderIva microcephala
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Carolina DropseedSporobolus pinetorum
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris floridana
- Pine Barren GentianGentiana autumnalis
- Carolina FrostweedCrocanthemum carolinianum
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Scarlet ToothcupAmmannia coccinea
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida virgata
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
- Needle Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium capillare
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- Pineland Rayless-goldenrodBigelowia nudata
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Woolly SunbonnetsChaptalia tomentosa
- Florida Peanut-grassAmphicarpum muehlenbergianum
- Southern BogbuttonLachnocaulon beyrichianum
- Ware's HairsedgeBulbostylis warei
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- Confederate HuckleberryGaylussacia nana
- Small-headed SilkgrassPityopsis microcephala
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Fernald's Tick-trefoilDesmodium fernaldii
- Coastal-plain TickseedCoreopsis gladiata
- Emmons's SedgeCarex emmonsii
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Glade LobeliaLobelia glandulosa
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Muehlenberg's NutrushScleria muehlenbergii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 18
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Widespread birds also seen here (61)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Black Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- 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)
- Wet Pine Flatwoods, Shaken Creek Preserve - typical shrub layer, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
- Wet Pine Flatwoods, Shaken Creek Preserve - frequently burned herbaceous floor, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.















































