Habitat in Virginia
Mountain balds
Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains. Schafale
- Plants
- 70
- Birds
- 67
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Bluejoint; Canada Reed GrassCalamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis
- Appalachian GentianGentiana austromontana
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- Bent AvensGeum geniculatum
- Northern Lady FernAthyrium angustum
- Shining Nut RushScleria nitida
- Wavy HairgrassAvenella flexuosa
- Eastern Feather BellsStenanthium gramineum var. gramineum
- Pinebarren Death-camasStenanthium leimanthoides
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Blue Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum tristachyum
- Daisyleaf MoonwortBotrychium matricariifolium
- Leathery GrapefernSceptridium multifidum
- Narrow Triangle MoonwortBotrychium angustisegmentum
- Pennsylvania Ground-pineDendrolycopodium hickeyi
- Running ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Tree Ground-pineDendrolycopodium dendroideum
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Eastern TurkeybeardXerophyllum asphodeloides
- Narrowleaf Cow-wheatMelampyrum lineare
- Meadow HawkweedPilosella caespitosa
- Sheep SorrelAcetosa acetosella
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 61
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
Near water in this habitat 6
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
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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)
- Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020, Andrea Walton / Great Smoky Mountains National Park habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.