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.
- Cow-parsnipHeracleum maximum
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Forked RushJuncus dichotomus
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Long's RushJuncus longii
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Path RushJuncus tenuis
- Poverty RushJuncus anthelatus
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Southern CrabgrassDigitaria ciliaris
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- Weak RushJuncus debilis
- Whiteroot RushJuncus brachycarpus
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Creeping EryngoEryngium prostratum
- Dune SandspurCenchrus tribuloides
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Little BarleyHordeum pusillum
- Longspine SandburCenchrus longispinus
- Sleepy CatchflySilene antirrhina
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- Water SpeedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Torrey's Mountain-mintPycnanthemum torreyi
- Carolina False-dandelionPyrrhopappus carolinianus
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- American Water-pennywortHydrocotyle americana
- Elliott's BentgrassAgrostis elliottiana
- Georgia BulrushScirpus georgianus
- Keeled BulrushIsolepis carinata
- Mosquito BulrushScirpus hattorianus
- New England BulrushBolboschoenus novae-angliae
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Shortstalk ChickweedCerastium brachypodum
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Winter BentgrassAgrostis hyemalis
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Xanthium strumariumXanthium strumarium
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Slender Scratch-daisyCroptilon divaricatum
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Eastern Prairie MarbleseedLithospermum parviflorum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 116
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hoary RedpollCarduelis hornemanni
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
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.