Habitat in Virginia

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines. Schafale

Plants: 363
Birds: 112

Regional / representative. Shown: Mountains of North and South Carolina; exact site not identified, a neighboring state. *Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland*, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source.

Plants

Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.

Prickly Gooseberry
Ribes cynosbati
Shrub. Native
Wild Black Currant
Ribes americanum
Shrub. Native
Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Tree. Native
American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Tree. Native
Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed Coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
Shrub. Native
Cooper's Milkvetch
Astragalus neglectus
Native
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Tree. Native
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Tree. Native
Schrebers Wood Aster
Eurybia schreberi
Wildflower or fern. Native
Bushy St. John's-wort
Hypericum densiflorum
Shrub. Native
Devil's-walkingstick
Aralia spinosa
Tree. Native
Early St. John's-wort
Hypericum nudiflorum
Shrub. Native
Fewflower Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum pauciflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Painted Buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica
Tree. Native
Thicket Creeper
Parthenocissus inserta
Vine. Native
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vine. Native
Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
Tree. Native
Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia macrophylla
Tree. Native
Cat Greenbrier
Smilax glauca
Shrub. Native
Common Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
Vine. Native
Eastern Hemlock
Tsuga canadensis
Tree. Native
Fraser Magnolia
Magnolia fraseri
Tree. Native
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Tree. Native
Umbrella Magnolia
Magnolia tripetala
Tree. Native
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
Tree. Native
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Shrub. Native
Smooth Carrion-flower
Smilax herbacea
Vine. Native
American Basswood; American Linden
Tilia americana var. heterophylla
Tree. Native
Fernald's Tick-trefoil
Desmodium fernaldii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Naked Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pale Jewelweed
Impatiens pallida
Wildflower or fern. Native
Pointedleaf Tick-trefoil
Hylodesmum glutinosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Bigtooth Aspen
Populus grandidentata
Tree. Native
Buckthorn Bumelia
Sideroxylon lycioides
Tree. Native
Coupled Sedge
Carex copulata
Grass or sedge. Native
Lobed Tickseed
Coreopsis auriculata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Shorts Sedge
Carex shortiana
Grass or sedge. Native
Spotted Jewelweed
Impatiens capensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Blue Ridge Hedge-nettle
Stachys subcordata
Native
James's Sedge
Carex jamesii
Grass or sedge. Native
Poke Milkweed
Asclepias exaltata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Purplehead Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Rich-woods Sedge
Carex oligocarpa
Grass or sedge. Native
American Hop-hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
Tree. Native
American Mountain-ash
Sorbus americana
Tree. Native
Appalachian Sedge
Carex appalachica
Grass or sedge. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 97

Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Winter
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Year-round
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Winter
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Winter
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Summer
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Year-round
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Summer
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Year-round
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Year-round
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Year-round
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Summer
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Summer
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Summer
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Summer
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Magnolia Warbler
Dendroica magnolia
Summer
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Year-round
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Year-round
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Year-round
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Year-round
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Year-round
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Winter
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Year-round
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Year-round
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
Winter
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Winter
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Year-round
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Winter
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Year-round
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Year-round
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Winter, beside its main habitat
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Summer
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Winter
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Year-round
Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
Year-round
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Year-round
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Year-round
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Winter
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Year-round
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Summer
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
Summer
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Year-round
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Summer

Near water in this habitat 15

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Year-round, only within 60 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Summer, only within 60 m of water
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Summer, only within 120 m of water
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Summer, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Summer, only within 120 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.