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
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.