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
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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 188
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis
- Plain GentianGentiana flavida
- Dune HairgrassMuhlenbergia sericea
- Ribbed BishopweedPtilimnium costatum
- Carolina Doll's-daisyBoltonia caroliniana
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Smooth-seeded Hairy NutrushScleria bellii
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Pitted JointgrassMnesithea cylindrica
- Schweinitz's SunflowerHelianthus schweinitzii
- Southern GoldenrodSolidago austrina
- Western Rough GoldenrodSolidago radula
- Southern HorseweedErigeron pusillus
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Blue Ridge St. John's-wortHypericum mitchellianum
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Nodding Rattlesnake-rootNabalus crepidineus
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Southern BeaksedgeRhynchospora microcarpa
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Elliott's LovegrassEragrostis elliottii
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Potato Dwarf-dandelionKrigia dandelion
- Tower MustardTurritis glabra
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
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.