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.
- Smooth False-buttonweedSpermacoce glabra
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Reclining BulrushScirpus flaccidifolius
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Largeseed Forget-me-notMyosotis macrosperma
- Clustered FescueFestuca paradoxa
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Allegheny Monkey FlowerMimulus ringens var. ringens
- Carolina Canary-grassPhalaris caroliniana
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Floating MannagrassGlyceria septentrionalis
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Deam's Three-seeded MercuryAcalypha deamii
- HoneyvineCynanchum laeve
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- American BugleweedLycopus americanus
- Swamp AgrimonyAgrimonia parviflora
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- Eastern Marsh FernThelypteris palustris var. pubescens
- Jacobs Ladder; Greek ValerianPolemonium reptans var. reptans
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- American BladdernutStaphylea trifolia
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Irisleaf Yellow-eyed-grassXyris iridifolia
- Lanceleaf AnemoneAnemone lancifolia
- Bushs MuhlyMuhlenbergia bushii
- Large Flower ValerianValeriana pauciflora
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.