Habitat in Virginia
Freshwater tidal marshes
Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide. Schafale
- Plants
- 30
- Birds
- 107
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Riverbank Evening-primroseOenothera riparia
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Saltmarsh Water-hempAmaranthus cannabinus
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Long Leaf StarwortStellaria longifolia
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Broadleaf Pond-lilyNuphar advena
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Long's BittercressCardamine longii
- Small-leaved Meadow-rueThalictrum macrostylum
- River BulrushBolboschoenus fluviatilis
- Big CordgrassSpartina cynosuroides
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Marsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Coastal Water-hyssopBacopa monnieri
- Beaked SpikerushEleocharis rostellata
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Seashore MallowKosteletzkya pentacarpos
- American ReedPhragmites americanus
- Sweet WoodreedCinna arundinacea
- Godfrey's SandwortSabulina paludicola
- Eastern GrasswortLilaeopsis chinensis
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- South American SeedboxLudwigia bonariensis
- St. Augustine GrassStenotaphrum secundatum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 107
- King RailRallus elegans
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
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.