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.
- Common PearlbrushExochorda racemosa
- Common PepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- Common PlantainPlantago major
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- Common RueRuta graveolens
- Common SaltwortSalsola kali
- Common Shepherd's PurseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Common SowthistleSonchus oleraceus
- Common SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- Common SunflowerHelianthus annuus
- Common TansyTanacetum vulgare
- Common Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- CorianderCoriandrum sativum
- Corn ChamomileAnthemis arvensis
- Corn PoppyPapaver rhoeas
- Corn SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Corn SpurrySpergula arvensis
- CornflowerCyanus segetum
- Cota tinctoriaCota tinctoria
- Cotton-batting CudweedPseudognaphalium stramineum
- Cream NarcissusNarcissus tazetta
- Creeping BellflowerCampanula rapunculoides
- Creeping BentgrassAgrostis stolonifera
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Creeping DayflowerCommelina diffusa
- Creeping MazusMazus miquelii
- Creeping WoodsorrelOxalis corniculata
- Creeping YellowcressRorippa sylvestris
- Crepe-myrtleLagerstroemia indica
- Crested AnodaAnoda cristata
- Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum
- Crowfoot GrassDactyloctenium aegyptium
- Cultivated RyeSecale cereale
- Curly Plumeless ThistleCarduus crispus
- Cut-leaf GermanderTeucrium botrys
- Cutleaf Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Cutleaf Dead-nettleLamium dissectum
- Cutleaf SelfhealPrunella laciniata
- Cutleaf TeaselDipsacus laciniatus
- Cypress SpurgeEuphorbia cyparissias
- Cypress-vineIpomoea quamoclit
- Dahurian BuckthornRhamnus davurica
- Dallis-grassPaspalum dilatatum
- Dame's RocketHesperis matronalis
- Darnel RyegrassLolium temulentum
- David's SpurgeEuphorbia davidii
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
- Desert GoosefootChenopodium pratericola
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.