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
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Shining BedstrawGalium concinnum
- Colicroot; Loosescale Gayfeather; Scaly Blazing Star; Colic Root; Loosescale Gay Feather; Scaly BlazingstarLiatris squarrosa var. squarrosa
- Grass Leaf GayfeatherLiatris pilosa
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeSteironema lanceolatum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Southern LoosestrifeSteironema tonsum
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Threadleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis setacea
- Novel Witchgrass, Novel WitchgrassDichanthelium recognitum
- Grassleaf RoselingCuthbertia graminea
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Zigzag SpiderwortTradescantia subaspera
- CurlyheadsClematis ochroleuca
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Elymus hystrix var. hystrixElymus hystrix var. hystrix
- False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Narrowleaf Whitetop AsterSericocarpus linifolius
- Slender IndiangrassSorghastrum elliottii
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus asteroides
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Carolina LilyLilium michauxii
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- American GromwellLithospermum latifolium
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Spring Forget-me-notMyosotis verna
- Hill CaneArundinaria appalachiana
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Bristly FlatsedgeCyperus hystricinus
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Hairy SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
- Kentucky SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Allegheny Mountain Golden-bannerThermopsis mollis
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium traillii
- Tall BellflowerCampanulastrum americanum
- Whorled HorsebalmCollinsonia verticillata
- Allegheny HawkweedHieracium paniculatum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 112
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Near water in this habitat 17
These use it 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
- 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.