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.
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Cutleaf Ground-cherryPhysalis angulata
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
- Gray Ground-cherryPhysalis grisea
- Long Leaf Ground CherryPhysalis longifolia var. subglabrata
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Virginia Ground-cherryPhysalis virginiana
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Thicket CreeperParthenocissus inserta
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Eastern Gray BeardtonguePenstemon canescens
- Eustis Lake BeardtonguePenstemon australis
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Blackseed PlantainPlantago rugelii
- Clammy LocustRobinia viscosa
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Eastern Showy AsterEurybia spectabilis
- Slender PlantainPlantago heterophylla
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Tooth Leaf Croton; Sand CrotonCroton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Canadian St. John's-wortHypericum canadense
- Common RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Lloyd's St. John's-wortHypericum lloydii
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Spotted St. John's-wortHypericum punctatum
- Wild Quinine; FeverfewParthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Panicled Tick TrefoilDesmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
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.