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.
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Indian-hempApocynum cannabinum
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Broadtooth Hedge-nettleStachys latidens
- Cursed Buttercup; Cursed CrowfootRanunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
- Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
- Ground JuniperJuniperus communis var. depressa
- Hyssopleaf Hedge-nettleStachys hyssopifolia
- Long Leaf StarwortStellaria longifolia
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Nodding SpurgeEuphorbia nutans
- Northern Blazing-starLiatris scariosa
- Small's PurslanePortulaca smallii
- Spotted SpurgeEuphorbia maculata
- Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium
- Trailing Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles helvola
- Warty SpurgeEuphorbia spathulata
- Water-plantain SpearwortRanunculus ambigens
- Common Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis stricta
- Kidney Leaf RosinweedSilphium compositum var. compositum
- Kidneyleaf RosinweedSilphium compositum var. reniforme
- Littleleaf Sensitive-briarMimosa microphylla
- Slender Blue IrisIris prismatica
- Starry RosinweedSilphium asteriscus var. asteriscus
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Slender Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis dillenii
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Giant ArrowheadSagittaria spatulata
- Grass Leaf GayfeatherLiatris pilosa
- Low RattleboxCrotalaria rotundifolia
- MaypopsPassiflora incarnata
- Virginia PeppergrassLepidium virginicum var. virginicum
- Wand Blazing-starLiatris virgata
- Aloe YuccaYucca aloifolia
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeSteironema lanceolatum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Pink Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles umbellata
- Pursh's RattleboxCrotalaria purshii
- Sword-leaf PhloxPhlox buckleyi
- Winged PigweedDysphania atriplicifolia
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Purple False FoxgloveAgalinis purpurea
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.