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.
- Curtis's CrowngrassPaspalum lentiferum
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Catesby's BindweedConvolvulus catesbyanus
- Golden SedgeCarex lutea
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
- Hyssopleaf Hedge-nettleStachys hyssopifolia
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- White-edge WitchgrassDichanthelium tenue
- Erectleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium erectifolium
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Loblolly BayGordonia lasianthus
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Slender Rattlesnake-rootNabalus autumnalis
- Savanna Meadow-beautyRhexia alifanus
- Yellow Meadow-beautyRhexia lutea
- Yellow PitcherplantSarracenia flava
- Croatan BeaksedgeRhynchospora croatanensis
- Manyhead RushJuncus polycephalos
- Woolly ChaffheadCarphephorus tomentosus
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Fewflower BeaksedgeRhynchospora rariflora
- Harvey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harveyi
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Eastern Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum psoralioides
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- Carolina DropseedSporobolus pinetorum
- Nuttall's MilkwortSenega nuttallii
- Orange MilkwortSenega lutea
- Acid-swamp Yellow-eyed-grassXyris serotina
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Florida Yellow-eyed-grassXyris floridana
- Harper's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris scabrifolia
- Pine Barren GentianGentiana autumnalis
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Piedmont False-pimpernelLindernia monticola
- Carolina RedrootLachnanthes caroliniana
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Longleaf Three-awnAristida palustris
- Venus FlytrapDionaea muscipula
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida virgata
- Slender NutrushScleria minor
- Slender-fruit NutrushScleria georgiana
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
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.










































