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.
- Curtiss's Three-awnAristida dichotoma var. curtissii
- Ditch-stonecropPenthorum sedoides
- Erect CoinleafCentella erecta
- Florida MudmidgetWolffiella gladiata
- Fuirena brevisetaFuirena breviseta
- Fuirena pumilaFuirena pumila
- Hairy Umbrella SedgeFuirena squarrosa
- Long-stem Adder's-tongueOphioglossum petiolatum
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Prairie Three-awnAristida oligantha
- Seaside Three-awnAristida tuberculosa
- Short's Hedge-hyssopGratiola viscidula
- Southeastern Slimspike Three-awnAristida longespica
- Southern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum pycnostichum
- Swamp WedgescaleSphenopholis pensylvanica
- Tiny MousetailMyosurus minimus
- Virginia-cressPlanodes virginicum
- Whitehead BogbuttonLachnocaulon anceps
- Woollysheath Three-awnAristida lanosa
- Wrinkled JointgrassMnesithea rugosa
- BroomsedgeAnatherum virginicum var. virginicum
- Fall WitchgrassLeptoloma cognatum
- Grove Sandwort, Blunt-leaf SandwortMoehringia lateriflora
- Three Way Sedge; Threeway SedgeDulichium arundinaceum var. arundinaceum
- Acanthospermum hispidumAcanthospermum hispidum
- Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
- Alternanthera pungensAlternanthera pungens
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Amur MapleAcer ginnala
- Annual Bastard CabbageRapistrum rugosum
- Annual Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium micranthum
- Annual BluegrassPoa annua
- Annual CandytuftIberis amara
- Annual Hedge-nettleStachys annua
- Annual Marsh-elderIva annua
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Annual TrampweedFacelis retusa
- Annual Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum aristatum
- Annual WallrocketDiplotaxis muralis
- Annual Water Aster; Annual Yard AsterSymphyotrichum divaricatum
- Apple MintMentha suaveolens
- Apple-of-PeruNicandra physalodes
- Arrow Leaf CloverTrifolium vesiculosum
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Australian BeardgrassBothriochloa bladhii
- Bald BromeBromus racemosus
- Balsam PoplarPopulus balsamifera
- Beach WormwoodArtemisia stelleriana
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.