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
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
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.