Habitat in Virginia
Depression ponds and limesinks
Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons. Schafale
- Plants
- 78
- Birds
- 98
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Viviparous SpikerushEleocharis vivipara
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Nuttall's MilkwortSenega nuttallii
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Virginia Chain-fernAnchistea virginica
- HarperellaHarperella nodosa
- Carolina RedrootLachnanthes caroliniana
- Big Floating-heartNymphoides aquatica
- PondspiceLitsea aestivalis
- Muehlenberg's NutrushScleria muehlenbergii
- Floating BladderwortUtricularia radiata
- Southern BladderwortUtricularia juncea
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Harper's FimbryFimbristylis perpusilla
- Estuary PipewortEriocaulon parkeri
- Swamp HornpodMitreola sessilifolia
- Clustered BluetEdrastima uniflora
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Dwarf-burheadHelanthium tenellum
- Erect CoinleafCentella erecta
- Fuirena pumilaFuirena pumila
- Northern BluethreadBurmannia biflora
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- White ScrewstemBartonia verna
- Wrinkled JointgrassMnesithea rugosa
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 98
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.