Habitat in North Carolina
Meadows
Open, grassy or flowery ground that is not wet, such as mountain meadows; wet meadows are separate. Schafale
- Plants
- 57

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in North Carolina. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 57
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Colonial BentgrassAgrostis capillaris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Hard FescueFestuca trachyphylla
- Yellow Spring BedstrawGalium verum
- Southern SedgeCarex austrina
- Bull ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common TimothyPhleum pratense
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in North Carolina. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in North Carolina yet.
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)
- Big Meadows in Fall (21402052923), Katy Cain / Shenandoah National Park (NPS) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.







