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
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
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.