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.
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- Le Conte's FlatsedgeCyperus lecontei
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Gulf Coast SpikerushEleocharis cellulosa
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Flattened PipewortEriocaulon compressum
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Leavenworth's GoldenrodSolidago leavenworthii
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- European WatercloverMarsilea quadrifolia
- White PatriniaPatrinia villosa
- American WaterwortElatine americana
- Asian RiceOryza sativa
- Bearded SprangletopDiplachne fascicularis
- Black SpikerushEleocharis nigrescens
- Dotted DuckmeatLandoltia punctata
- Floating PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Roundhead RushJuncus validus
- Chicken-spikeSphenoclea zeylanica
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
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.










































































