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.

Blue Wood Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Grass or sedge. Native
Carey's Sedge
Carex careyana
Grass or sedge. Native
Carolina Sedge
Carex caroliniana
Grass or sedge. Native
Drooping Sedge
Carex prasina
Grass or sedge. Native
Early Bluegrass
Poa cuspidata
Grass or sedge. Native
Eastern Star Sedge
Carex radiata
Grass or sedge. Native
Fibrous-root Sedge
Carex communis
Grass or sedge. Native
Flat Spiked Sedge
Carex planispicata
Grass or sedge. Native
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Grass or sedge. Native
Florida Wood Sedge
Carex digitalis var. floridana
Grass or sedge. Native
Frank's Sedge
Carex frankii
Grass or sedge. Native
Frightful Sedge
Carex molestiformis
Grass or sedge. Native
Fuzzy Wuzzy Sedge
Carex hirsutella
Grass or sedge. Native
Greater Straw Sedge
Carex normalis
Grass or sedge. Native
Hitchcock's Sedge
Carex hitchcockiana
Grass or sedge. Native
Inflated Narrow Leaf Sedge
Carex grisea
Grass or sedge. Native
Krals Sedge
Carex kraliana
Grass or sedge. Native
Midland Sedge
Carex mesochorea
Grass or sedge. Native
Necklace Sedge
Carex projecta
Grass or sedge. Native
Northern Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Shrub. Native
Oval-leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
Grass or sedge. Native
Pretty Sedge
Carex woodii
Grass or sedge. Native
Reflexed Sedge
Carex retroflexa
Grass or sedge. Native
Rezniceks Sedge
Carex reznicekii
Grass or sedge. Native
Rigid Sedge
Carex tetanica
Grass or sedge. Native
Slender Woodland Sedge
Carex digitalis var. digitalis
Grass or sedge. Native
Slender Woodland Sedge
Carex digitalis var. macropoda
Grass or sedge. Native
Slow Sedge
Carex pigra
Grass or sedge. Native
Summer Sedge
Carex aestivalis
Grass or sedge. Native
Thicket Sedge
Carex abscondita
Grass or sedge. Native
Willdenow's Sedge
Carex willdenowii
Grass or sedge. Native
Woodland Bluegrass
Poa sylvestris
Grass or sedge. Native
Kidneyleaf Buttercup
Ranunculus abortivus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Violet Woodsorrel
Oxalis violacea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Bristly Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Broadtooth Hedge-nettle
Stachys latidens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Epling's Hedge-nettle
Stachys eplingii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Glade Spurge
Euphorbia purpurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Heartleaf Hedge-nettle
Stachys cordata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hispid Hedge-nettle, Bristly Hedge-nettle
Stachys hispida
Wildflower or fern. Native
Maryland Senna
Senna marilandica
Shrub. Native
Rock Buttercup
Ranunculus micranthus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Star Chickweed
Stellaria pubera
Wildflower or fern. Native
Tinted Spurge
Euphorbia commutata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Shining Bedstraw
Galium concinnum
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Senna
Senna hebecarpa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Flowering Yellow Woodsorrel
Oxalis florida
Wildflower or fern. Native

Wildlife

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

Birds 97

Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum
Summer, beside its main habitat
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Year-round
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Year-round
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Year-round, beside its main habitat
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Year-round
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Year-round
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Year-round
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Year-round
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Summer
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Year-round
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Year-round
Black-and-White Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Year-round
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Summer
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Year-round
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Dendroica caerulescens
Summer
Black-throated Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Summer
Blackburnian Warbler
Dendroica fusca
Summer
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Summer
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Year-round
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Year-round
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Year-round
Blue-winged Warbler
Vermivora pinus
Summer
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Year-round
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Year-round
Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater
Year-round
Canada Warbler
Wilsonia canadensis
Summer
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
Year-round
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Year-round
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Year-round
Cerulean Warbler
Dendroica cerulea
Summer
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Dendroica pensylvanica
Summer
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Summer
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Year-round
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Year-round
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Year-round
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Summer, beside its main habitat
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Year-round
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Year-round
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Year-round
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Summer
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Year-round
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Winter
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Summer
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asio
Year-round
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Year-round
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Summer
Eurasian Collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Year-round
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Year-round, beside its main habitat

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.