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
- 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.