Habitat in Virginia
Forests and woodlands
Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Eastern Black NightshadeSolanum emulans
- Gray-hairy Wild IndigoBaptisia cinerea
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia tinctoria
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Common CinquefoilPotentilla simplex
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- Eastern Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. hirta
- Hairy Beard TonguePenstemon hirsutus
- Loblolly PinePinus taeda
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Short Sepal Beard TonguePenstemon brevisepalus
- Sun-facing ConeflowerRudbeckia heliopsidis
- Bitternut HickoryCarya cordiformis
- Carolina SilkgrassPityopsis aspera var. adenolepis
- Fox GrapeVitis labrusca
- Frost GrapeVitis vulpina
- Gray BirchBetula populifolia
- Mockernut HickoryCarya tomentosa
- Pignut HickoryCarya glabra
- Pitch PinePinus rigida
- Red HickoryCarya ovalis
- Riverbank GrapeVitis riparia
- Sand HickoryCarya pallida
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Silver Leaf GrapeVitis aestivalis var. bicolor
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Yellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis
- Blue AshFraxinus quadrangulata
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Cutleaf Ground-cherryPhysalis angulata
- Long Leaf Ground CherryPhysalis longifolia var. subglabrata
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Narrow Leaf Bushy St. JohnswortHypericum interior
- St. Andrew's-crossHypericum hypericoides
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Virginia Ground-cherryPhysalis virginiana
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Eastern Prickly PearOpuntia cespitosa
- Galactia brachypodaGalactia brachypoda
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.







































