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

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Winter

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.