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.
- DillAnethum graveolens
- Dillenius's SpeedwellVeronica dillenii
- Dog RoseRosa canina
- DogweedDyssodia papposa
- Dominican SignalgrassUrochloa adspersa
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Downy CinquefoilPotentilla intermedia
- Downy WoundwortStachys germanica
- Drooping Sedge, Hanging SedgeCarex pendula
- Drooping Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum nutans
- Drug FumitoryFumaria officinalis
- Dwarf PlantainPlantago pusilla
- Dyer's WoadIsatis tinctoria
- Early Winter-cressBarbarea verna
- Eastern Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
- Echinops sphaerocephalusEchinops sphaerocephalus
- ElecampaneInula helenium
- Elegant CudweedGamochaeta impatiens
- Elegant HairgrassAira elegans
- English DaisyBellis perennis
- English Holly; Christmas HollyIlex aquifolium
- English PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- English VioletViola odorata
- Erect Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- European AlderAlnus glutinosa
- European Black Nightshade; European Black Night ShadeSolanum nigrum
- European BugleweedLycopus europaeus
- European CornsaladValerianella locusta
- European Field PansyViola arvensis
- European HeliotropeHeliotropium europaeum
- European Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
- European PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- European VervainVerbena officinalis
- Evergreen BlackberryRubus laciniatus
- Everlasting PeaLathyrus latifolius
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Far-eastern SmartweedPersicaria extremiorientalis
- Feather FingergrassChloris virgata
- FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
- Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Field BurweedSoliva sessilis
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- Field GarlicAllium vineale
- Field PennycressThlaspi arvense
- Field PepperweedLepidium campestre
- Field PumpkinCucurbita pepo
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.