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.
- Sand Post OakQuercus margaretiae
- Dwarf Live OakQuercus minima
- Mountain LaurelKalmia latifolia
- Recurved Thoroughwort*Eupatorium recurvans
- Woolly Dwarf HawthornCrataegus pexa
- Blue Sandhill LupineLupinus diffusus
- Dwarf HawthornCrataegus munda
- Lady LupineLupinus villosus
- Sand-myrtleKalmia buxifolia
- Gray-hairy Wild IndigoBaptisia cinerea
- Narrowleaf SilkgrassPityopsis graminifolia
- Sandhill Golden-asterPityopsis pinifolia
- Cottony Golden-asterChrysopsis gossypina
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- Dwarf LocustRobinia nana
- Pine-barren Tick-trefoilDesmodium strictum
- Curtis's SpurgeEuphorbia curtisii
- Dog-tongue BuckwheatEriogonum tomentosum
- Threadleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis setacea
- Grassleaf RoselingCuthbertia graminea
- Piedmont RoselingCuthbertia rosea
- Sweet-fernComptonia peregrina
- Sandhills LilyLilium pyrophilum
- Sandywoods ChaffheadCarphephorus bellidifolius
- Gray's FlatsedgeCyperus grayi
- Trailing ArbutusEpigaea repens
- Doubleform SnoutbeanRhynchosia difformis
- Heller's Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium helleri
- Coral-beanErythrina herbacea
- Showy MilkwortAsemeia grandiflora
- Rosemary FrostweedCrocanthemum rosmarinifolium
- BuckrootPediomelum canescens
- Fringed BluestarAmsonia ciliata
- Dense-spike BlackrootPterocaulon pycnostachyum
- Southern DawnflowerStylisma humistrata
- Pineland PinweedLechea sessiliflora
- Hillsboro Three-awnAristida tenuispica
- Woollysheath Three-awnAristida lanosa
- Rain LilyZephyranthes simpsonii
- Glossyseed Star-grassHypoxis sessilis
- Perennial SandgrassTriplasis americana
- Wavyleaf NoseburnTragia urens
- NestroniaNestronia umbellula
- Sand SpikemossBryodesma acanthonota
- Coastal JointweedPolygonella articulata
- Green Adder's-mouthMalaxis unifolia
- Longleaf WedgescaleSphenopholis filiformis
- Sandy-field HairsedgeBulbostylis stenophylla
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.










































