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.
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Canada PlumPrunus nigra
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Pussy WillowSalix discolor
- Paleleaf SunflowerHelianthus strumosus
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubacer odoratum
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- Black RaspberryRubus occidentalis
- Showy GoldenrodSolidago speciosa
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Purpledisk SunflowerHelianthus atrorubens
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Smooth SunflowerHelianthus laevigatus
- Southern DewberryRubus trivialis
- Yaupon HollyIlex vomitoria
- Northern DewberryRubus flagellaris
- Sand BlackberryRubus cuneifolius
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Crooked-stem AsterSymphyotrichum prenanthoides
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- Early GoldenrodSolidago juncea
- Heartleaf AsterSymphyotrichum cordifolium
- Largeflower AsterSymphyotrichum grandiflorum
- Long Stalk AsterSymphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum
- Mid-Atlantic Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia floribunda
- Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
- Purple Stem Aster; Swamp Aster; Bristly AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
- Roan Mountain GoldenrodSolidago roanensis
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Small's GoldenrodSolidago pinetorum
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- White GoldenrodSolidago bicolor
- Wrinkle Leaf Goldenrod; Rough Leaf GoldenrodSolidago rugosa var. rugosa
- Field ThistleCirsium discolor
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Pasture ThistleCirsium pumilum
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Tall ThistleCirsium altissimum
- Woolly RagwortPackera tomentosa
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
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.