Habitat in Virginia
Granite and other acidic rock outcrops
Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes. Schafale
- Plants
- 52
- Birds
- 77
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Lowbush BlueberryVaccinium angustifolium
- Round Leaf DogwoodSwida rugosa
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Blue Ridge RagwortPackera millefolium
- False GarlicNothoscordum bivalve
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Paper Birch; Canoe BirchBetula papyrifera
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Bristly SarsaparillaAralia hispida
- Lloyd's St. John's-wortHypericum lloydii
- Allegheny OnionAllium allegheniense
- Shale Barren Wild BuckwheatEriogonum allenii
- Small's PurslanePortulaca smallii
- Mapleleaf GoosefootChenopodiastrum simplex
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Elf OrpineDiamorpha smallii
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Round Leaf Fire PinkSilene rotundifolia
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Bearberry, KinnikinickArctostaphylos uva-ursi
- Keeled BulrushIsolepis carinata
- Stone Mountain-mintPycnanthemum curvipes
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Hairy AlumrootHeuchera villosa
- Granite FlatsedgeCyperus granitophilus
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Narrowleaf BluecurlsTrichostema setaceum
- HarperellaHarperella nodosa
- Branched DrabaDraba ramosissima
- Shortpod DrabaAbdra brachycarpa
- Woolly Beach-heatherHudsonia tomentosa
- Piedmont QuillwortIsoetes piedmontana
- Rock HarlequinCapnoides sempervirens
- Bradley's SpleenwortAsplenium bradleyi
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Lobed SpleenwortAsplenium pinnatifidum
- Mountain SpleenwortAsplenium montanum
- Appalachian SandwortGeocarpon glabrum
- Greenland SandwortGeocarpon groenlandicum
- Rock SpikemossSelaginella rupestris
- Appalachian Cliff FernWoodsia appalachiana
- Appalachian Shoestring FernVittaria appalachiana
- Narrowleaf Cow-wheatMelampyrum lineare
- Small WaterwortElatine minima
- Hairy LipfernMyriopteris lanosa
- Blackberry-lilyIris domestica
- Rose-mossPortulaca grandiflora
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 68
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 9
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.