Habitat in Virginia
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone
Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades. Schafale
- Plants
- 144
- Birds
- 86

Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Kates Mountain CloverTrifolium virginicum
- Running Glade CloverTrifolium calcaricum
- Rand's GoldenrodSolidago randii
- Round Leaf DogwoodSwida rugosa
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Barrens Silky AsterSymphyotrichum pratense
- Pringles Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei
- White Heath Aster; Squarrose White AsterSymphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Blue Ridge RagwortPackera millefolium
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Roundleaf ServiceberryAmelanchier sanguinea
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Smoke Hole BergamotMonarda brevis
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Eastern Prickly PearOpuntia cespitosa
- Long-sepal BeardtonguePenstemon calycosus
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Heartleaf PlantainPlantago cordata
- Glade Wild QuinineParthenium auriculatum
- Allegheny OnionAllium allegheniense
- Cream Tick-trefoilDesmodium ochroleucum
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Crawes SedgeCarex crawei
- Juniper SedgeCarex juniperorum
- Troublesome SedgeCarex molesta
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis pumila
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Parasol SedgeCarex umbellata
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Celliotts FanpetalsSida elliottii var. elliottii
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 78
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
Near water in this habitat 8
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- 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
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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)
- Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Mason Brock (Masebrock) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.























































































