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.
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Small WaterwortElatine minima
- Bulb-bearing Water-hemlockCicuta bulbifera
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- Sacred LotusNelumbo nucifera
- Brittle WaternymphNajas minor
- Yellow Floating-heartNymphoides peltata
- Eurasian Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum
- Curly PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- Lawn Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle sibthorpioides
- Brazilian WaterweedEgeria densa
- Common Water-hyacinthOshuna crassipes
- Giant SalviniaSalvinia molesta
- Common Water-primroseLudwigia hexapetala
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
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.
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- American CootFulica americana
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
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.























































