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.
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Plantainleaf SedgeCarex plantaginea
- Spreading SedgeCarex laxiculmis
- Yadkin Hedge-nettleStachys matthewsii
- Allegheny SedgeCarex debilis var. pubera
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Coastal Plain SedgeCarex crebriflora
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Eastern Narrowleaf SedgeCarex amphibola
- Eastern WahooEuonymus atropurpureus
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Flat Spiked SedgeCarex planispicata
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Frightful SedgeCarex molestiformis
- Giant SedgeCarex gigantea
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Graceful SedgeCarex gracillima
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Greenish-white SedgeCarex albolutescens
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Inflated Narrow Leaf SedgeCarex grisea
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- Limestone Meadow SedgeCarex granularis
- Lined SedgeCarex striatula
- Longs SedgeCarex longii
- Louisiana SedgeCarex louisianica
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Prune-fruit SedgeCarex corrugata
- Sharp-scale SedgeCarex oxylepis
- Slow SedgeCarex pigra
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Common Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
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.