It is listed as Vulnerable due to habitat loss and disturbance within its range.

[4] Euthamia caroliniana is found primarily on the Atlantic Coastal Plain between Nova Scotia and eastern Texas.

[5] Within its range, it can be found in open sandy areas, such as powerline cuts in pine barrens.

It also overlaps with Great Plains Goldentop in the western Great Lakes and along Gulf Coast and Bushy Goldentop along the Gulf Coast.

This species is host to the following insect induced galls: external link to gallformers