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
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Rattlesnake Master; Button EryngoEryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Smooth Purple ConeflowerEchinacea laevigata
- Stone Mountain-mintPycnanthemum curvipes
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Virginia False GromwellLithospermum virginianum
- Hairy AlumrootHeuchera villosa
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Granite FlatsedgeCyperus granitophilus
- Houghton's FlatsedgeCyperus houghtonii
- Hairy Mock-orangePhiladelphus hirsutus
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria leonardii
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. trifoliata
- Canada YewTaxus canadensis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Sharp Scale Spike Rush; Flat Stem Spike RushEleocharis compressa var. compressa
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Composite DropseedSporobolus compositus var. compositus
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Ozark DropseedSporobolus ozarkanus
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis
- Curtiss's MilkwortSenega curtissii
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Side Oats Grama; Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- Mountain PimpernelTaenidia montana
- Slender RockcressArabis adpressipilis
- Great Plains Ladies TressesSpiranthes magnicamporum
- American HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Ruth's Little Brown JugHexastylis ruthii
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Mountain SpleenwortAsplenium montanum
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Eastern Feather BellsStenanthium gramineum var. gramineum
- Oak Barrens Barbara's-buttonsMarshallia legrandii
- Nettleleaf NoseburnTragia urticifolia
- Pitchers StitchwortSabulina patula
- Allegheny-vineAdlumia fungosa
- Purple-stem CliffbrakePellaea atropurpurea
- Rusty Cliff FernWoodsia ilvensis
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.