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
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
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.