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
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.