Habitat in North Carolina
Pine savannas
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil. Schafale
- Plants
- 317
- 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 317
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Dwarf Witch-alderFothergilla gardenii
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Water DawnflowerStylisma aquatica
- Fringed Star-grassHypoxis juncea
- Hairy ChaffheadTrilisa paniculata
- Vanilla-leafTrilisa odoratissima
- Toothache GrassCtenium aromaticum
- Crow-poisonStenanthium densum
- Bearded Grass-pinkCalopogon barbatus
- Many-flowered Grass-pinkCalopogon multiflorus
- Pale Grass-pinkCalopogon pallidus
- Slender ClubmossPseudolycopodiella caroliniana
- American ChaffseedSchwalbea americana
- Capillary HairsedgeBulbostylis ciliatifolia
- Carolina Bog-asphodelTofieldia glabra
- Combleaf Mermaid-weedProserpinaca pectinata
- Large Spreading PogoniaCleistesiopsis divaricata
- Longleaf WedgescaleSphenopholis filiformis
- Northern BluethreadBurmannia biflora
- Rose PogoniaPogonia ophioglossoides
- Rush-featherlingPleea tenuifolia
- Sandy-field HairsedgeBulbostylis stenophylla
- Shaggy Hedge-hyssopSophronanthe pilosa
- Small ButterwortPinguicula pumila
- Southern BluethreadBurmannia capitata
- Creeping BlueberryVaccinium crassifolium
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Walter's AsterSymphyotrichum walteri
- Dwarf AzaleaRhododendron atlanticum
- Hoary AzaleaRhododendron canescens
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Coastal SundropsOenothera unguiculata
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium anomalum
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Atlantic St. John's-wortHypericum tenuifolium
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Slender AsterEurybia compacta
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Coastal Carrion-flowerSmilax pseudochina
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
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)
- Sandy Pine Savanna, Rush Featherling subtype, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
- Wet Loamy Pine Savanna with yellow pitcher plants, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
- Very Wet Loamy Pine Savanna depression, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.





























































