Habitat in North Carolina
Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits
Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead. Schafale
- Plants
- 154
- Birds
- 23
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 154
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Short's AsterSymphyotrichum shortii
- Blue Ridge GoldenrodSolidago spithamaea
- Ocoee BeebalmMonarda austroappalachiana
- Wretched SedgeCarex misera
- Turgid Blazing-starLiatris turgida
- Allegheny StonecropHylotelephium telephioides
- Cliff StonecropSedum glaucophyllum
- Northern BentgrassAgrostis mertensii
- Northern Bush-honeysuckleDiervilla lonicera
- Cain's ReedgrassCalamagrostis cainii
- Balsam Mountain GentianGentiana latidens
- Mountain Dwarf-dandelionKrigia montana
- Carolina SaxifrageMicranthes caroliniana
- Southern HarebellCampanula divaricata
- Wild Bleeding-heartDicentra eximia
- Rock FirmossHuperzia porophila
- Brittle Bladder FernCystopteris fragilis
- Mountain NailwortParonychia montana
- Silvery NailwortParonychia argyrocoma
- Taylor's Filmy-fernHymenophyllum tayloriae
- Upland Bladder FernCystopteris tenuis
- West Indian Dwarf-polypodyMoranopteris nimbata
- Catawba RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense
- Piedmont RhododendronRhododendron minus
- Yadkin River GoldenrodSolidago plumosa
- Black HuckleberryGaylussacia baccata
- Fringed Climbing BuckwheatParogonum ciliinode
- Sand-myrtleKalmia buxifolia
- Table Mountain PinePinus pungens
- Carolina HemlockTsuga caroliniana
- Creeping AsterEurybia surculosa
- Common RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- Northern Blazing-starLiatris scariosa
- Great Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis grandis
- Heller's Blazing-starLiatris helleri
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Mountain BittercressCardamine clematitis
- Elliott's BentgrassAgrostis elliottiana
- Canada ToadflaxLinaria canadensis
- Southern Bush-honeysuckleDiervilla sessilifolia
- Roan Mountain BluetHoustonia montana
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Spreading AvensGeum radiatum
- American AlumrootHeuchera americana
- Carolina AlumrootHeuchera caroliniana
- Downy AlumrootHeuchera pubescens
- Hispid AlumrootHeuchera hispida
- Carey's SaxifrageMicranthes careyana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 3
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Near water in this habitat 2
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Widespread birds also seen here (18)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
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)
- Sassafras Mountain rock outcrop, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.