Habitat in North Carolina
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 329
- Birds
- 144
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 329
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- West Indian Meadow-beautyRhexia cubensis
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Eastern LarchLarix laricina
- Dotted DuckmeatLandoltia punctata
- Japanese Lady FernDeparia petersenii
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- Powdery ThaliaThalia dealbata
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Bulb-bearing Water-hemlockCicuta bulbifera
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Showy Lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
- White-nymphTrepocarpus aethusae
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Winter-creeperEuonymus fortunei
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 70
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Widespread birds also seen here (74)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Black Duck
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- 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 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
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- 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)
- Scene cypress swamp Roanoke River NWR Kristie Gianopulos (31), Kristie Gianopulos / NC Wetlands (ncwetlands.org) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.


















































