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.
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Silky DogwoodSwida amomum
- Elliott's BlueberryVaccinium elliottii
- Grass-leaved Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia lanceolata
- Southern CrabappleMalus angustifolia
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- Stiff DogwoodSwida foemina
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Laurel OakQuercus laurifolia
- Overcup OakQuercus lyrata
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Smooth Threepart VioletViola glaberrima
- Smooth Yellow VioletViola eriocarpa
- Swamp Chestnut OakQuercus michauxii
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Viola esculentaViola edulis
- Water OakQuercus nigra
- Willow OakQuercus phellos
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Spanish-needlesBidens bipinnata
- Eastern BoxelderAcer negundo var. negundo
- Florida MapleAcer floridanum
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Hill HawthornCrataegus collina
- Parsley HawthornCrataegus marshallii
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Canada VioletViola canadensis
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- LeConte's VioletViola affinis
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
- Pale SmartweedPersicaria lapathifolia
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Pennsylvania HawthornCrataegus pennsylvanica
- Red GrapeVitis palmata
- Wild Black CurrantRibes americanum
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 151
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
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.