Habitat in Virginia
Dry forests and woodlands
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine. Schafale
- Plants
- 230
- Birds
- 129
Plants
Also found in this habitat in Virginia: plants whose sourced habitat text names it. Not a planting list.
- Flowering DogwoodBenthamidia florida
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- Narrowleaf Smooth AsterSymphyotrichum concinnum
- Small Wood SunflowerHelianthus microcephalus
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Largeflower AsterSymphyotrichum grandiflorum
- Small's GoldenrodSolidago pinetorum
- Sweet GoldenrodSolidago odora
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Chestnut OakQuercus montana
- Red Oak; Northern Red OakQuercus rubra var. rubra
- Turkey OakQuercus laevis
- White OakQuercus alba
- Allegheny ChinquapinCastanea pumila
- American ChestnutCastanea dentata
- Eastern Winged SumacRhus copallinum var. latifolia
- Striped MapleAcer pensylvanicum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Allegheny ServiceberryAmelanchier laevis
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Godfrey's ThoroughwortEupatorium godfreyanum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium torreyanum
- Vaseys BonesetEupatorium vaseyi
- White ThoroughwortEupatorium album
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesqueanum
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Hairy Beard TonguePenstemon hirsutus
- Carolina SilkgrassPityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Table Mountain PinePinus pungens
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- St. Andrew's-crossHypericum hypericoides
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
Wildlife
Also found in this habitat: wildlife whose USGS habitat models (2001 land cover) include it, where its range includes Virginia. Not sighting records, and not food.
Birds 112
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
Near water in this habitat 17
Their models use this habitat only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.