Habitat in Virginia
Moist forests
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines. Schafale
- Plants
- 363
- Birds
- 112
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Nodding Rattlesnake-rootNabalus crepidineus
- Nottoway Valley BromeBromus nottowayanus
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Carolina False-dandelionPyrrhopappus carolinianus
- Eastern OxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Common SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
- Gray's LilyLilium grayi
- Slender Mountain-mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Hill CaneArundinaria appalachiana
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- Hairy SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
- Kentucky SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Showy SkullcapScutellaria serrata
- Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Canada HorsebalmCollinsonia canadensis
- Whorled HorsebalmCollinsonia verticillata
- Allegheny HawkweedHieracium paniculatum
- Thymeleaf BluetHoustonia serpyllifolia
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescensCypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Showy Lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Woodland AgrimonyAgrimonia rostellata
- Carolina Spring-beautyClaytonia caroliniana
- Filmy AngelicaAngelica triquinata
- Jacobs Ladder; Greek ValerianPolemonium reptans var. reptans
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- Slender BunchflowerMelanthium hybridum
- Virginia Springbeauty; Virginia Spring BeautyClaytonia virginica var. virginica
- Appalachian Black CohoshActaea rubifolia
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- Elliott's GentianGentiana catesbaei
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Mountain CamelliaStewartia ovata
- Silky CamelliaStewartia malacodendron
- Wild ComfreyAndersonglossum virginianum
- Hairy Solomon's-sealPolygonatum pubescens
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 97
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
Near water in this habitat 15
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
- Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland, Marian Ellis Rowan habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.