Habitat in Virginia
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground. NatureServe
- Plants
- 24
- Birds
- 178
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Mid-Atlantic Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia floribunda
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Hairy BluestemAnatherum hirsutius
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Intermediate Spike RushEleocharis intermedia
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Purple SpikerushEleocharis atropurpurea
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Slender FimbryFimbristylis autumnalis
- ChaffweedCentunculus minimus
- AxilflowerMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
- Annual Water Aster; Annual Yard AsterSymphyotrichum divaricatum
- Asian Flatsedge; Asian Flat SedgeCyperus microiria
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- Indian JointvetchAeschynomene indica
- Naked-stem DewflowerMurdannia nudiflora
- Oklahoma SedgeCarex oklahomensis
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- White WillowSalix alba
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 178
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- DovekieAlle alle
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Sources
- NatureServe, ecological systems of the United States 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.