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
- 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.