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.
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Tall JointweedPolygonella gracilis
- Shepherd's-cressTeesdalia nudicaulis
- Spreading SpiderlingBoerhavia diffusa
- Wand MulleinVerbascum virgatum
- Florida BeardgrassChrysopogon pauciflorus
- Longleaf SunflowerHelianthus longifolius
- Pitted StripeseedPiriqueta caroliniana
- Plains LovegrassEragrostis intermedia
- Hairy Four-o'clockMirabilis albida
- Orange MulleinVerbascum phlomoides
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.




























