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
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- 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
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
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.