Habitat in Virginia
Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rock
Open, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Dwarf Upland WillowSalix occidentalis
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- SparkleberryVaccinium arboreum
- Rand's GoldenrodSolidago randii
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Prairie GoldenrodSolidago ptarmicoides
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Blue Ridge RagwortPackera millefolium
- Rusty BlackhawViburnum rufidulum
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Roundleaf ServiceberryAmelanchier sanguinea
- Appalachian VioletViola appalachiensis
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Carolina BuckthornFrangula caroliniana
- Broadleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea alba var. latifolia
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Glade Wild QuinineParthenium auriculatum
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Allegheny OnionAllium allegheniense
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Old-pasture BluegrassPoa saltuensis
- Early ButtercupRanunculus fascicularis
- Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceum
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Rough Hedge-nettleStachys aspera
- Small's PurslanePortulaca smallii
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardii
- Nettleleaf SageSalvia urticifolia
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Harvill's Panic Grass, Harvill's WitchgrassDichanthelium harvillii
- Sand Bitter CressCardamine parviflora var. arenicola
- Small-leaved Meadow-rueThalictrum macrostylum
- Ringed WitchgrassDichanthelium annulum
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
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
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.