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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 1283
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Basket Grass; Carpet GrassArthraxon hispidus var. hispidus
- Bigleaf PeriwinkleVinca major
- Chinese FountaingrassCenchrus purpurascens
- Colonial BentgrassAgrostis capillaris
- Common Water-hyacinthOshuna crassipes
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Japanese BarberryBerberis thunbergii
- MoneywortLysimachia nummularia
- White MulberryMorus alba
- Winter HoneysuckleLonicera fragrantissima
- Autumn OliveElaeagnus umbellata
- Bicolor LespedezaLespedeza bicolor
- English IvyHedera helix
- Japanese Stilt-grassMicrostegium vimineum
- Princess-treePaulownia tomentosa
- Sericea LespedezaLespedeza cuneata
- Tree-of-heavenAilanthus altissima
- Common Velvet-grassHolcus lanatus
- Common Water-primroseLudwigia hexapetala
- White PoplarPopulus alba
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Golden BambooPhyllostachys aurea
- Orange-eye Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Sheep SorrelAcetosa acetosella
- WineberryRubus phoenicolasius
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Chinese YamDioscorea polystachya
- Japanese SpiraeaSpiraea japonica
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Porcelain-berryAmpelopsis glandulosa
- Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
- Oriental BittersweetCelastrus orbiculatus
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Trifoliate OrangeCitrus trifoliata
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Near water in this habitat 27
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American WigeonAnas americana
- BrantBranta bernicla
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- SoraPorzana carolina
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (60)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bank Swallow
- Black Vulture
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fish Crow
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- Old-Salem-fields-tn1, Brian Stansberry habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.
























































