Habitat in North Carolina
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals. Schafale
- Plants
- 306
- Birds
- 130

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 306
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Dwarf AnemoneAnemone minima
- Big Floating-heartNymphoides aquatica
- Large Witch-alderFothergilla major
- Green False-helleboreVeratrum viride
- Shade MudflowerMicranthemum umbrosum
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Lobed Barren-strawberryWaldsteinia lobata
- Northern Barren-strawberryWaldsteinia fragarioides
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
- Southern Barren-strawberryWaldsteinia doniana
- Large-flower HeartleafHexastylis shuttleworthii
- Virginia QuillwortIsoetes virginica
- Carolina FanwortCabomba caroliniana
- Carolina Spider-lilyHymenocallis crassifolia
- Harper's FimbryFimbristylis perpusilla
- Coastal Rose-gentianSabatia calycina
- Marl SpleenwortAsplenium heteroresiliens
- Swamp JessamineGelsemium rankinii
- Common HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
- Scouring RushEquisetum praealtum
- Slender WaternymphNajas gracillima
- Southern HornwortCeratophyllum australe
- Spineless HornwortCeratophyllum echinatum
- Water StargrassHeteranthera dubia
- Terrestrial Water-starwortCallitriche terrestris
- Fivelobe CucumberCayaponia quinqueloba
- Golden Hedge-hyssopGratiola lutea
- Roundfruit Hedge-hyssopGratiola virginiana
- Water PurslaneDidiplis diandra
- YellowrootXanthorhiza simplicissima
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Sarvis HollyIlex amelanchier
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Black MapleAcer nigrum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- Coastal Plain Joe-pye-weedEutrochium dubium
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Pear HawthornCrataegus calpodendron
- YankeeweedEupatorium compositifolium
- Biennial BeeblossomOenothera gaura
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 53
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Widespread birds also seen here (77)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Green Heron
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- 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)
- Drawing, Autumn Landscape in North Carolina, 1865–70, Frederic Edwin Church habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.










































































