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.
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Scouring RushEquisetum praealtum
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Kidneyleaf Mud-plantainHeteranthera reniformis
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Waterpod; Aunt Lucy; Water PodEllisia nyctelea
- Atlantic Mud-plantainHeteranthera pauciflora
- Bluntlobe GrapefernSceptridium oneidense
- Rattlesnake FernBotrypus virginianus
- Sweet WoodreedCinna arundinacea
- American LopseedPhryma leptostachya
- AxilflowerMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
- Branched FoldwingDicliptera brachiata
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Ditch-stonecropPenthorum sedoides
- Purple TwaybladeLiparis liliifolia
- Shadow-witchPonthieva racemosa
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Small-flower Baby-blue-eyesNemophila aphylla
- Southern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum pycnostichum
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- Sweet Indian-plantainHasteola suaveolens
- Tiny MousetailMyosurus minimus
- Water PurslaneDidiplis diandra
- Floerkea; False Mermaid; False Mermaid Weed; False MermaidweedFloerkea proserpinacoides
- Glade MallowNapaea dioica
- Annual HonestyLunaria annua
- Annual Marsh-elderIva annua
- Annual Water Aster; Annual Yard AsterSymphyotrichum divaricatum
- Arkansas sedgeCarex arkansana
- Balsam PoplarPopulus balsamifera
- Blue Ridge Golden-bannerThermopsis villosa
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Colombian WaxweedCuphea carthagenensis
- Common RueRuta graveolens
- Creeping DayflowerCommelina diffusa
- Dahurian BuckthornRhamnus davurica
- Dame's RocketHesperis matronalis
- David's SpurgeEuphorbia davidii
- European CornsaladValerianella locusta
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- Evergreen BarberryBerberis julianae
- Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
- Higan CherryPrunus subhirtella
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.