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.
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Rough American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. muricata
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Umbrella Flat SedgeCyperus diandrus
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Northern Seabeach OrachAtriplex mucronata
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Gray's FlatsedgeCyperus grayi
- Diamond FlowerHoustonia nigricans var. nigricans
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Rooted SpikerushEleocharis radicans
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Dune Marsh-elderIva imbricata
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- PoorjoeHexasepalum teres
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Woodland Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes sylvatica
- American SearocketCakile edentula
- Woolly Beach-heatherHudsonia tomentosa
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Sea OatsUniola paniculata
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Fimbristylis castaneaFimbristylis castanea
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Coastal JointweedPolygonella articulata
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- Spreading SandwortArenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
- White ScrewstemBartonia verna
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Beach WormwoodArtemisia stelleriana
- Common FigFicus carica
- Common SaltwortSalsola kali
- Creeping WoodsorrelOxalis corniculata
- Crowfoot GrassDactyloctenium aegyptium
- Hairy Smother-weed, Hairy Sea-bliteSpirobassia hirsuta
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Little-bellIpomoea triloba
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 147
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
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.