Habitat in Virginia
Coastal dunes and beaches
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them. Schafale
- Plants
- 109
- Birds
- 147
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- CranberryVaccinium macrocarpon
- Solidago sempervirensSolidago sempervirens
- Solidago sempervirens var. mexicanaSolidago mexicana
- Maritime ThoroughwortEupatorium maritimum
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Southern HorseweedErigeron pusillus
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Seabeach Evening-primroseOenothera humifusa
- Seabeach KnotweedPolygonum glaucum
- CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Cottony Golden-asterChrysopsis gossypina
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis walteri
- Northern BayberryMorella pensylvanica
- Northern St. John's-wortHypericum boreale
- Seabeach AmaranthAmaranthus pumilus
- Sea-beach SedgeCarex silicea
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Marsh Straw SedgeCarex hormathodes
- Northern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia polygonifolia
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Hercules-clubZanthoxylum clava-herculis
- Aloe YuccaYucca aloifolia
- Mound-lily YuccaYucca gloriosa
- Winged PigweedDysphania atriplicifolia
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Panicum amarum var. amarulumPanicum amarulum
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Dune BluestemSchizachyrium littorale
- Maritime BluestemAnatherum tenuispatheum
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Largeleaf PennywortHydrocotyle bonariensis
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 147
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- BrantBranta bernicla
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- DovekieAlle alle
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
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)
- Core Banks dunes, June 2013, Jarek Tuszyński habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.