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.
- Poison-hemlockConium maculatum
- Brazilian WaterweedEgeria densa
- Colt's-footTussilago farfara
- Japanese HopsHumulus scandens
- Puncture-vineTribulus terrestris
- Common Water-primroseLudwigia hexapetala
- Lesser Balloon-vineCardiospermum halicacabum
- Golden BambooPhyllostachys aurea
- Orange-eye Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Porcelain-berryAmpelopsis glandulosa
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Trifoliate OrangeCitrus trifoliata
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
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.
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- American CootFulica americana
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
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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.