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.
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Viola vittataViola vittata
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Pink TickseedCoreopsis rosea
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Barratt's SedgeCarex barrattii
- Blister SedgeCarex vesicaria
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Lowland LoosestrifeSteironema hybridum
- Broadleaf Pond-lilyNuphar advena
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Eaton's WitchgrassDichanthelium spretum
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Canby's BulrushSchoenoplectus etuberculatus
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- American Halfchaff SedgeCyperus neotropicalis
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Rhynchospora distansRhynchospora distans
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Threadleaf BeaksedgeRhynchospora filifolia
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Narrow PlumegrassErianthus strictus
- Rattlesnake Manna GrassGlyceria canadensis
- Southern CutgrassLeersia hexandra
- Horsetail SpikerushEleocharis equisetoides
- Robbins's SpikerushEleocharis robbinsii
- Three-angle SpikerushEleocharis tricostata
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.