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.
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- JumpseedPersicaria virginiana
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Pennsylvania SmartweedPersicaria pensylvanica
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- White VervainVerbena urticifolia
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Appalachian Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida var. umbrosa
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Rough CinquefoilPotentilla norvegica
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Southern Shagbark HickoryCarya carolinae-septentrionalis
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Northern MaleberryLyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Painted BuckeyeAesculus sylvatica
- Thicket CreeperParthenocissus inserta
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Foxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Tiny PeaLathyrus pusillus
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Awned SedgeCarex atherodes
- Coupled SedgeCarex copulata
- Davis SedgeCarex davisii
- Prairie SedgeCarex prairea
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Shorts SedgeCarex shortiana
- Soft Fox SedgeCarex conjuncta
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 151
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
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.