Habitat in Virginia
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time. Schafale
- Plants
- 381
- Birds
- 151
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Silky DogwoodSwida amomum
- Elliott's BlueberryVaccinium elliottii
- Grass-leaved Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia lanceolata
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- Stiff DogwoodSwida foemina
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Smooth Threepart VioletViola glaberrima
- Smooth Yellow VioletViola eriocarpa
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Viola esculentaViola edulis
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Spanish-needlesBidens bipinnata
- Eastern BoxelderAcer negundo var. negundo
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Hill HawthornCrataegus collina
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Canada VioletViola canadensis
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- LeConte's VioletViola affinis
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
- Pale SmartweedPersicaria lapathifolia
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Pennsylvania HawthornCrataegus pennsylvanica
- Red GrapeVitis palmata
- Wild Black CurrantRibes americanum
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 151
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
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.