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
- 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.