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
- 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.