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.
- American HarebellCampanula intercedens
- Wavy HairgrassAvenella flexuosa
- Allegheny BrookfoamBoykinia aconitifolia
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubacer odoratum
- Carolina RhododendronRhododendron carolinianum
- Clustered GoldenrodSolidago glomerata
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum cassinoides
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Pointed Broom SedgeCarex scoparia
- Mountain Sweet-pepperbushClethra acuminata
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Fraser's LoosestrifeLysimachia fraseri
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus asteroides
- American Water-pennywortHydrocotyle americana
- Tufted BulrushTrichophorum cespitosum
- Canada YewTaxus canadensis
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- GalaxGalax urceolata
- Piedmont FoamflowerTiarella cordifolia
- Pinebarren Death-camasStenanthium leimanthoides
- PiratebushBuckleya distichophylla
- Carolina CloverTrifolium carolinianum
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Summer SedgeCarex aestivalis
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia lanceolata
- Thymeleaf BluetHoustonia serpyllifolia
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Bent AvensGeum geniculatum
- Eastern Hay-scented FernSitobolium punctilobulum
- Hemlock-parsleyConioselinum chinense
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Porter's ReedgrassCalamagrostis porteri
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
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.