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.
- Thimble Weed; Tall AnemoneAnemone virginiana var. virginiana
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Yellow PimpernelTaenidia integerrima
- Clinton's Wood Fern, Broad Swamp FernDryopteris clintoniana
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Marginal Wood-fernDryopteris marginalis
- Bluntleaf WaterleafHydrophyllum canadense
- Carolina FoxtailAlopecurus carolinianus
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Northern Nodding TrilliumTrillium cernuum
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- Snow TrilliumTrillium nivale
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Southern Slender Ladies TressesSpiranthes lacera var. gracilis
- Woodland Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes sylvatica
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Shining Nut RushScleria nitida
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
- Atamasco LilyZephyranthes atamasco
- Appalachian QuillwortIsoetes appalachiana
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- Queen's-delightStillingia sylvatica
- American GinsengPanax quinquefolius
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
- Green-violetCubelium concolor
- Common Rose-pinkSabatia angularis
- Dwarf GinsengNanopanax trifolius
- American DittanyCunila origanoides
- Canadian AnemoneAnemonastrum canadense
- Pennsylvania Ground-pineDendrolycopodium hickeyi
- Running ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Twoleaf MiterwortMitella diphylla
- Allegheny-vineAdlumia fungosa
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera pubescens
- Eastern TurkeybeardXerophyllum asphodeloides
- Narrowleaf Cow-wheatMelampyrum lineare
- Southern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum pycnostichum
- Speckled Wood-lilyClintonia umbellulata
- Three-flower MelicgrassMelica nitens
- Umbrella-leafDiphylleia cymosa
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubacer odoratum
- Small Black BlueberryVaccinium tenellum
- Lanceleaf GoldenrodSolidago lancifolia
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
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.




























