Habitat in Virginia
Forests and woodlands
Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry. Schafale
- Plants
- 809
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 809
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanica
- Vasevine LeatherflowerClematis viorna
- Weakleaf YuccaYucca flaccida
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Heller's WitchgrassDichanthelium oligosanthes
- Ringed WitchgrassDichanthelium annulum
- Roundseed WitchgrassDichanthelium sphaerocarpon
- Starved WitchgrassDichanthelium depauperatum
- Woolly WitchgrassDichanthelium scabriusculum
- Bearberry, KinnikinickArctostaphylos uva-ursi
- Mountain Golden-AlexandersZizia trifoliata
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Smooth Elephant's-footElephantopus nudatus
- Stone Mountain-mintPycnanthemum curvipes
- Slender Scratch-daisyCroptilon divaricatum
- Virginia False GromwellLithospermum virginianum
- American BeautyberryCallicarpa americana
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Bristly FlatsedgeCyperus hystricinus
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Southeastern FlatsedgeCyperus filiculmis
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium traillii
- Whorled HorsebalmCollinsonia verticillata
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Eastern Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum psoralioides
- Erect SnoutbeanRhynchosia tomentosa
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Flattened OatgrassDanthonia compressa
- Shale Barren BindweedCalystegia spithamaea subsp. purshiana
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Common CarpetgrassAxonopus fissifolius
- Jacobs Ladder; Greek ValerianPolemonium reptans var. reptans
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- Striped GentianGentiana villosa
- Canada FrostweedCrocanthemum canadense
- Hairy Solomon's-sealPolygonatum pubescens
- Low FrostweedCrocanthemum propinquum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Virginia yet.
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.