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.
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Virginia SnakerootEndodeca serpentaria
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- Variable-leaf HeartleafHexastylis heterophylla
- Yellow Star-grassHypoxis hirsuta
- American IpecacGillenia stipulata
- GalaxGalax urceolata
- Queen's-delightStillingia sylvatica
- Green-violetCubelium concolor
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Carolina CoralbeadNephroia carolina
- Tall Cinquefoil, Sticky CinquefoilDrymocallis arguta
- Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolonChrysogonum repens
- Hedgehog WoodrushLuzula echinata
- Northern Green-and-goldChrysogonum virginianum
- Spoon Shape Barbaras ButtonsMarshallia obovata var. obovata
- BeechdropsEpifagus virginiana
- Bulbous WoodrushLuzula bulbosa
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Wavyleaf NoseburnTragia urens
- Blue Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum tristachyum
- Daisyleaf MoonwortBotrychium matricariifolium
- Buffalo-nutPyrularia pubera
- Autumn CoralrootCorallorhiza odontorhiza
- Cranefly OrchidTipularia discolor
- Crested CoralrootHexalectris spicata
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera pubescens
- Eastern TurkeybeardXerophyllum asphodeloides
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
- Smooth Forked NailwortParonychia canadensis
- Speckled Wood-lilyClintonia umbellulata
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- Blackberry-lilyIris domestica
- Mercury SpurgeEuphorbia mercurialina
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
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.