Habitat in Virginia
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale
- Plants
- 1283
- Birds
- 151
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Humped BladderwortUtricularia gibba
- Striped BladderwortUtricularia striata
- Swollen BladderwortUtricularia inflata
- Two-flower BladderwortUtricularia biflora
- Virginia ButtonweedDiodia virginiana
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Bowman's-rootGillenia trifoliata
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Needletip Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium mucronatum
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Annual FimbryFimbristylis annua
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
- Goat GrassAegilops cylindrica
- Hairy-fruit ChervilChaerophyllum tainturieri
- Lowland RotalaRotala ramosior
- Common Rose-pinkSabatia angularis
- Tall Cinquefoil, Sticky CinquefoilDrymocallis arguta
- WaterpodHydrolea quadrivalvis
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Swamp HornpodMitreola sessilifolia
- Bulbous WoodrushLuzula bulbosa
- Pineland Scaly-pinkStipulicida setacea
- Alabama GrapefernSceptridium jenmanii
- ChaffweedCentunculus minimus
- Common LeopardbaneArnica acaulis
- Cutleaf GrapefernSceptridium dissectum
- Daisyleaf MoonwortBotrychium matricariifolium
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Running ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Southern GrapefernSceptridium biternatum
- Southern Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum digitatum
- Terrestrial Water-starwortCallitriche terrestris
- Squirrel-tail FescueVulpia elliotea
- Annual Sea-bliteSuaeda linearis
- AxilflowerMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Capillary HairsedgeBulbostylis ciliatifolia
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Combleaf Mermaid-weedProserpinaca pectinata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 116
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Near water in this habitat 35
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- BrantBranta bernicla
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- 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.