Habitat in North Carolina
Pocosins and bay forests
Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain. Schafale
- Plants
- 101
- Birds
- 94
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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 101
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 31
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- American CootFulica americana
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Widespread birds also seen here (63)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hermit Thrush
- 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
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- 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)
- Pocosin Lakes shrub-dominated landscape, TeakTurtle habitat picture
- Dense low pocosin, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
- Pond Pine Woodland, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.