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
- 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.