Estuary Pipewort

Eriocaulon parkeri

Found in gravelly and sandy intertidal zones along fresh to oligohaline marshes, tidal swamp forests, less typically in natural lakes. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

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Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 13 Virginia counties.

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 128 animals.

Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Birds. 2 shared habitats
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Tree Sparrow
Spizella arborea
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Eastern Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Ammodramus nelsoni
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat