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.
- Prairie Three-awnAristida oligantha
- Appalachian Rockcap FernPolypodium appalachianum
- American DittanyCunila origanoides
- White Death-camasAnticlea glauca
- Appalachian Filmy-fernVandenboschia boschiana
- Lowland Bladder FernCystopteris protrusa
- Southern Oconee BellsShortia galacifolia
- Northern Oconee BellsShortia brevistyla
- Slender LipfernMyriopteris gracilis
- MinniebushRhododendron pilosum
- Pinkshell AzaleaRhododendron vaseyi
- Roan Mountain GoldenrodSolidago roanensis
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Atlantic Poison-oakToxicodendron pubescens
- Halberd-leaf Yellow VioletViola hastata
- Prickly GooseberryRibes cynosbati
- Mountain Paper BirchBetula cordifolia
- Small's BeardtonguePenstemon smallii
- Shinyleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea corymbosa
- Green AlderAlnus crispa
- American Mountain-ashSorbus americana
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Flexuous White-edge SedgeCarex flexuosa
- Parachute SedgeCarex rugosperma
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- Silverleaf HydrangeaHydrangea radiata
- Weakleaf YuccaYucca flaccida
- Mountain Meadow-rueThalictrum clavatum
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Winter BentgrassAgrostis hyemalis
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Brownish BeaksedgeRhynchospora capitellata
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Plukenet's FlatsedgeCyperus plukenetii
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Northern Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis
- Flattened OatgrassDanthonia compressa
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Low FrostweedCrocanthemum propinquum
- Marginal Wood-fernDryopteris marginalis
- Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Northern Lady FernAthyrium angustum
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.