Habitat in Virginia
Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)
Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead. NatureServe
- Plants
- 37
- Birds
- 105
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Annual Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum subulatum
- Solidago sempervirensSolidago sempervirens
- Solidago sempervirens var. mexicanaSolidago mexicana
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Sandpaper VervainVerbena scabra
- Lakebank SedgeCarex lacustris
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Dwarf ArrowheadSagittaria subulata
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Black NeedlerushJuncus roemerianus
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- New England BulrushBolboschoenus novae-angliae
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Carolina Sea-lavenderLimonium carolinianum
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Pink RedstemAmmannia latifolia
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- European BugleweedLycopus europaeus
- Pasture FlatsedgeCyperus brevifolioides
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 105
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.