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

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.