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.

Great Yellow Woodsorrel
Oxalis grandis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mountain Silverbell
Halesia tetraptera
Tree. Native
Mountain Sweet-pepperbush
Clethra acuminata
Tree. Native
Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel
Oxalis colorea
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
Shrub. Native
Dwarf Larkspur
Delphinium tricorne
Wildflower or fern. Native
Dwarf Pawpaw
Asimina parviflora
Tree. Native
Fringed Loosestrife
Steironema ciliatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Heartleaf Peppervine
Ampelopsis cordata
Vine. Native
Lowland Loosestrife
Steironema hybridum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Trailing Loosestrife
Steironema radicans
Wildflower or fern. Native
Waxyleaf Meadow-rue
Thalictrum amphibolum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea barbara
Native
Virginia Virgin's-bower
Clematis virginiana
Vine. Native
Common Golden-Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Creeping Phlox
Phlox stolonifera
Wildflower or fern. Native
Fall Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Wildflower or fern. Native
Largeleaf Phlox
Phlox amplifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mountain Phlox
Phlox ovata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Cutleaf Toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Early Meadow-rue
Thalictrum dioicum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Forkleaf Toothwort
Cardamine dissecta
Wildflower or fern. Native
Limestone Bittercress
Cardamine douglassii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mountain Meadow-rue
Thalictrum clavatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Rue Anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides
Wildflower or fern. Native
Slender Toothwort
Cardamine angustata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Thickleaf Meadow-rue
Thalictrum coriaceum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Two-leaved Toothwort
Cardamine diphylla
Wildflower or fern. Native
Vasevine Leatherflower
Clematis viorna
Vine. Native
Bosc's Witchgrass
Dichanthelium boscii
Grass or sedge. Native
Elymus hystrix var. hystrix
Elymus hystrix var. hystrix
Native
False Solomon's-seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Southeastern Wild Rye
Elymus glabriflorus var. australis
Grass or sedge. Native
Southeastern Wild Rye
Elymus glabriflorus var. glabriflorus
Grass or sedge. Native
Pale Indian-plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Wildflower or fern. Native
Appalachian Small Flower Phacelia
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense
Wildflower or fern. Native
Fringed Phacelia
Phacelia fimbriata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Great Indian-plantain
Arnoglossum reniforme
Wildflower or fern. Native
Mountain Golden-Alexanders
Zizia trifoliata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Riverbank Wild-rye
Elymus riparius
Grass or sedge. Native
Starry Campion
Silene stellata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Dayflower
Commelina virginica
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
Grass or sedge. Native
Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog Peanut
Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
Vine. Native
Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog Peanut
Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
Vine. 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.