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.
- 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
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 112
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.