Habitat in Virginia
Forests and woodlands
Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry. Schafale
- Plants
- 814
- Birds
- 78
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 814
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Red SprucePicea rubens
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardii
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Porter's ReedgrassCalamagrostis porteri
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Eastern BloodleafIresine rhizomatosa
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Pectinate VioletViola pectinata
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Amur Cork-tree, Japanese Cork-treePhellodendron amurense
- Bisset's BambooPhyllostachys bissetii
- Blue PimpernelAnagallis monelli
- Cherry Plum; Flowering Plum; Purpleleaf PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Chinese ChestnutCastanea mollissima
- Crow-dipperPinellia ternata
- Dehiscent WitchgrassDichanthelium malacon
- English YewTaxus baccata
- European Fly HoneysuckleLonicera xylosteum
- European Spindle TreeEuonymus europaeus
- Holly OsmanthusOsmanthus heterophyllus
- Japanese Snowball ViburnumViburnum plicatum
- Japanese-spurgePachysandra terminalis
- Lace ShrubNeillia incisa
- Oriental PhotiniaPourthiaea villosa
- Ozark Mock OrangePhiladelphus pubescens
- Plum-YewCephalotaxus harringtonia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 22
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Widespread birds also seen here (56)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Towhee
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Hooded Merganser
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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.















































