Habitat in North Carolina
Sandhills
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire. Schafale
- Plants
- 261
- Birds
- 74
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 261
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Sandhill ThistleCirsium repandum
- Bluejack OakQuercus incana
- Wedgeleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium glaucescens
- Michaux's SumacRhus michauxii
- Carolina VervainVerbena carnea
- Narrowleaf RushfoilCroton michauxii
- Sword Ground-cherryPhysalis lanceolata
- Erect MilkpeaGalactia erecta
- Littleleaf MilkpeaGalactia minor
- Low St. John's-wortHypericum stragulum
- Sandhills MilkvetchAstragalus michauxii
- Soft MilkpeaGalactia mollis
- Sandhills BeanPhaseolus sinuatus
- Wire SedgeCarex tenax
- American IpecacEuphorbia ipecacuanhae
- Coastal Sand SpurgeEuphorbia exserta
- Heartleaf SandmatEuphorbia cordifolia
- Lax Blazing-starLiatris secunda
- Sandhills Blazing-starLiatris cokeri
- Tenlobe False FoxgloveAgalinis decemloba
- Clustered Poppy-mallowCallirhoe triangulata
- Gray's BeaksedgeRhynchospora grayi
- Sandy-field BeaksedgeRhynchospora megalocarpa
- Georgia CalamintClinopodium georgianum
- Dollarleaf SnoutbeanRhynchosia reniformis
- Lupine ScurfpeaOrbexilum lupinellus
- Sandhills Wild-petuniaRuellia ciliosa
- Carolina FluffgrassTridens carolinianus
- Florida Scrub FrostweedCrocanthemum nashii
- Coastal Plain DawnflowerStylisma patens
- Narrowleaf DawnflowerStylisma angustifolia
- Big Three-awnAristida condensata
- Scrub Ghost-pipeMonotropa brittonii
- Coastal Plain Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium fuscatum
- Rufous Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium rufipes
- Spurge-nettleCnidoscolus stimulosus
- Carolina Pineland-cressWarea cuneifolia
- Pine-barren SandwortGeocarpon carolinianum
- Coastal Plain NailwortParonychia herniarioides
- Elliott's HairsedgeBulbostylis coarctata
- Green SilkyscaleAnthenantia villosa
- Woody GoldenrodChrysoma pauciflosculosa
- Piedmont RhododendronRhododendron minus
- Graceful GoldenrodSolidago gracillima
- Late GoldenrodSolidago tarda
- Twistleaf GoldenrodSolidago tortifolia
- Darlington OakQuercus hemisphaerica
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 16
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Widespread birds also seen here (58)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- Forest - longleaf pines Weymouth Woods SP 1807 (5606671187) (2), bobistraveling habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.















































