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.
- BeautybushKolkwitzia amabilis
- Benghal DayflowerCommelina benghalensis
- Bermuda GrassCynodon dactylon
- Bicknell's SedgeCarex opaca
- Big MarshelderCyclachaena xanthiifolia
- Bigpodded SesbaniaSesbania herbacea
- Bird's-eye SpeedwellVeronica persica
- Bishop's GoutweedAegopodium podagraria
- Bitter DockRumex obtusifolius
- Bittersweet NightshadeSolanum dulcamara
- Black BindweedFallopia convolvulus
- Black KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris
- Blessed Milk-thistleSilybum marianum
- Blessed ThistleCentaurea benedicta
- Blue Field-madderGalium sherardia
- Blue Ridge Golden-bannerThermopsis villosa
- Boltonia asteroides var. latisquamaBoltonia asteroides var. latisquama
- Boltonia diffusa var. diffusaBoltonia diffusa var. diffusa
- BorageBorago officinalis
- Bracted VervainVerbena bracteata
- Branched BroomrapePhelipanche ramosa
- Branched CentauryCentaurium pulchellum
- Brazilian VervainVerbena brasiliensis
- Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
- Bristly Dog's-tailCynosurus echinatus
- Bristly ScaleseedSpermolepis echinata
- Broadleaf Signal-grassUrochloa platyphylla
- Brome FescueVulpia bromoides
- Brook CinquefoilPotentilla rivalis
- Broom BromeBromus scoparius
- Brown GalingaleCyperus fuscus
- Brown KnapweedCentaurea jacea
- Browntop MilletUrochloa ramosa
- BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum
- Buffalo GrassBouteloua dactyloides
- Buffalo-bur NightshadeSolanum rostratum
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Bur ChervilAnthriscus caucalis
- Bur MedickMedicago minima
- Burning NettleUrtica urens
- BushkillerCausonis japonica
- Butter-and-eggsLinaria vulgaris
- Caley PeaLathyrus hirsutus
- California PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium
- Calliopsis; Plains Coreopsis; Golden Tickseed; Ojos De Gato; Golden Tick SeedCoreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
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.