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.
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- MayapplePodophyllum peltatum
- Netted Chain-fernLorinseria areolata
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Virginia Chain-fernAnchistea virginica
- Bears FootSmallanthus uvedalia
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Eastern Blue Eyed MaryCollinsia verna
- Eastern BluestarAmsonia tabernaemontana
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Rough AvensGeum laciniatum
- Yellow AvensGeum aleppicum
- Carolina FoxtailAlopecurus carolinianus
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Beaked CornsaladValerianella radiata
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Carolina Doll's-daisyBoltonia caroliniana
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Sessile-leaf BellwortUvularia sessilifolia
- Wild CucumberEchinocystis lobata
- Eastern LeatherwoodDirca palustris
- Navel CornsaladValerianella umbilicata
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium asplenioides
- Creeping CucumberMelothria pendula
- Goosefoot Cornsalad; Goose Foot Cornsalad; Goosefoot Corn Salad; Goose Foot Corn SaladValerianella chenopodiifolia
- Hairy WoodmintBlephilia hirsuta
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Atamasco LilyZephyranthes atamasco
- Canada MoonseedMenispermum canadense
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Green DragonArisaema dracontium
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- Piedmont FoamflowerTiarella cordifolia
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Short's ChervilChaerophyllum procumbens var. shortii
- Dwarf GinsengNanopanax trifolius
- False Rue-anemoneEnemion biternatum
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.