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
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
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.