Habitat in North Carolina
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs. Schafale
- Plants
- 211
- Birds
- 130
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 211
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Mudbank CrowngrassPaspalum dissectum
- Hooded ArrowheadSagittaria calycina
- Large-fruited ArrowheadSagittaria macrocarpa
- Pine-barren False FoxgloveAgalinis virgata
- Clasping-leaf PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
- Common BladderwortUtricularia macrorhiza
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Southern Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum tubulosum
- Quillwort ArrowheadSagittaria isoetiformis
- Threadleaf ArrowheadSagittaria filiformis
- Narrowleaf Pond-lilyNuphar sagittifolia
- Swaying BulrushSchoenoplectus subterminalis
- Largeleaf PondweedPotamogeton amplifolius
- Longleaf PondweedPotamogeton nodosus
- Ribbonleaf PondweedPotamogeton epihydrus
- Sago PondweedStuckenia pectinata
- Small PondweedPotamogeton pusillus
- Waterthread PondweedPotamogeton diversifolius
- Bayonet RushJuncus militaris
- Smallflower Halfchaff SedgeCyperus subsquarrosus
- Whiteroot RushJuncus brachycarpus
- Floating MannagrassGlyceria septentrionalis
- Pale False MannagrassTorreyochloa pallida
- Roundleaf Water-hyssopBacopa rotundifolia
- Blackfruit SpikerushEleocharis melanocarpa
- Purple SpikerushEleocharis atropurpurea
- Robbins's SpikerushEleocharis robbinsii
- Slim SpikerushEleocharis elongata
- Viviparous SpikerushEleocharis vivipara
- American Water-plantainAlisma subcordatum
- Cutleaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum pinnatum
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Common DuckweedLemna minor
- Lesser DuckweedLemna aequinoctialis
- Little DuckweedLemna obscura
- Minute DuckweedLemna perpusilla
- Valdivia DuckweedLemna valdiviana
- Narrowleaf BugleweedLycopus angustifolius
- Small's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris smalliana
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Water DawnflowerStylisma aquatica
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Dwarf BladderwortUtricularia olivacea
- Eastern Purple BladderwortUtricularia purpurea
- Hidden-fruit BladderwortUtricularia geminiscapa
- Humped BladderwortUtricularia gibba
- Leafy BladderwortUtricularia foliosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 91
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- RedheadAythya americana
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WigeonAnas americana
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Widespread birds also seen here (39)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Wren
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hooded Merganser
- Northern Cardinal
- Osprey
- Pine Siskin
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Turkey Vulture
- 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)
- Scene edge of Jones Lake Jones Lake State Park ncwetlands KG (72), NC Wetlands (ncwetlands.org), photographer initials KG habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.










































































