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.
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Hairy PhloxPhlox amoena
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus asteroides
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Chapman's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris chapmanii
- Carolina WiregrassAristida stricta
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Carolina Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia caroliniana
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- Four-angle Rose-gentianSabatia quadrangula
- Pineland Scaly-pinkStipulicida setacea
- Sandbog Death-camasZigadenus glaberrimus
- Common LeopardbaneArnica acaulis
- Blue ButterwortPinguicula caerulea
- Yellow ButterwortPinguicula lutea
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Spring-flowering GoldenrodSolidago verna
- Woolly RagwortPackera dubia
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia tinctoria
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- SweetshrubCalycanthus floridus
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Standing-cypressIpomopsis rubra
- Texas PipewortEriocaulon texense
- Tawny CottongrassEriophorum virginicum
- Carolina Birds-in-a-nestMacbridea caroliniana
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
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.






















































