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.
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Painted BuckeyeAesculus sylvatica
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Upright Carrion FlowerSmilax ecirrata
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Carolina HemlockTsuga caroliniana
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Eastern Gray BeardtonguePenstemon canescens
- Eastern Prickly PearOpuntia humifusa
- Long-sepal BeardtonguePenstemon calycosus
- SassafrasSassafras albidum
- Shinyleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea corymbosa
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Bigleaf AsterEurybia macrophylla
- Black LocustRobinia pseudoacacia
- Clammy LocustRobinia viscosa
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Creeping AsterEurybia surculosa
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Slender AsterEurybia compacta
- Slender LespedezaLespedeza virginica
- Thicket BeanPhaseolus polystachios
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- White Wood-asterEurybia divaricata
- Blue Ridge St. John's-wortHypericum mitchellianum
- Bristly SarsaparillaAralia hispida
- Cercis canadensis var. canadensisCercis canadensis var. canadensis
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Creeping LespedezaLespedeza repens
- Glade Wild QuinineParthenium auriculatum
- Pacific SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus var. albus
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Violet LespedezaLespedeza frutescens
- Wand LespedezaLespedeza violacea
- Wild Quinine; FeverfewParthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium
- Downy Carrion-flowerSmilax pulverulenta
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Prostrate Tick-trefoilDesmodium rotundifolium
- Red RampsAllium tricoccum
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- Appalachian Woodland SedgeCarex austrolucorum
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.