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
- 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.