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.
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Jerusalem CherrySolanum pseudocapsicum
- Little Sweet TrilliumTrillium cuneatum
- Marsh ParsleyCyclospermum leptophyllum
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Oriental False HawksbeardYoungia japonica
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Purple BeautyberryCallicarpa dichotoma
- Purple-osier WillowSalix purpurea
- Red Buckeye; Scarlet BuckeyeAesculus pavia var. pavia
- Red SprangletopDinebra panicea subsp. brachiata
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Slender CalamintClinopodium gracile
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Spring StarflowerTristagma uniflorum
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- WeigelaWeigela floribunda
- Western BeakgrainDiarrhena obovata
- White WillowSalix alba
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Windmill GrassChloris verticillata
- Asiatic DayflowerCommelina communis
- Basket Grass; Carpet GrassArthraxon hispidus var. hispidus
- Chinese FountaingrassCenchrus purpurascens
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Five-leaf AkebiaAkebia quinata
- Incised FumewortCorydalis incisa
- Trifoliate OrangeCitrus trifoliata
- Winter-creeperEuonymus fortunei
- Chinese PrivetLigustrum sinense
- Chinese YamDioscorea polystachya
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Japanese SpiraeaSpiraea japonica
- Japanese Stilt-grassMicrostegium vimineum
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
- Multiflora RoseRosa multiflora
- Oriental BittersweetCelastrus orbiculatus
- Sericea LespedezaLespedeza cuneata
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.