Habitat in North Carolina
Prairies and grasslands
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies. Schafale
- Plants
- 188
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 188
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Susquehanna CherryPrunus susquehanae
- Rough Blazing-starLiatris aspera
- Nerved WitchgrassDichanthelium neuranthum
- Manyflower Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle umbellata
- Narrowleaf Smooth AsterSymphyotrichum concinnum
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
- Twistleaf GoldenrodSolidago tortifolia
- Carolina ThistleCirsium carolinianum
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- Mobile OnionAllium mobilense
- Perennial RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya
- Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
- Blue SedgeCarex glaucodea
- Smallhead Blazing-starLiatris microcephala
- Dune BluestemSchizachyrium littorale
- Dwarf LarkspurDelphinium tricorne
- Fragrant BeaksedgeRhynchospora odorata
- Western Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum pedunculatum
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Purple SandgrassTriplasis purpurea
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Prairie GoldenrodSolidago ptarmicoides
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Coastal SundropsOenothera unguiculata
- Eastern Prairie Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia aberrans
- Ozark CrownbeardVerbesina helianthoides
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Mountain St. John's-wortHypericum graveolens
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Carolina Prairie-trefoilAcmispon helleri
- Curtis's CrowngrassPaspalum lentiferum
- Bush's SedgeCarex bushii
- Warty SpurgeEuphorbia spathulata
- Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium
- Scribner's WitchgrassDichanthelium scribnerianum
- Ringed WitchgrassDichanthelium annulum
- Southeastern PanicgrassColeataenia tenera
- Starved WitchgrassDichanthelium depauperatum
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria australis
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Sand SpikerushEleocharis montevidensis
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in North Carolina yet.
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)
- Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.