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.
- Large Solomons Seal; King Solomons SealPolygonatum biflorum var. commutatum
- Thimble Weed; Tall AnemoneAnemone virginiana var. virginiana
- Bushs MuhlyMuhlenbergia bushii
- Hooker's OrchidPlatanthera hookeri
- Large Round-leaved OrchidPlatanthera orbiculata
- Lesser Purple Fringed OrchidPlatanthera psycodes
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- Purple Fringeless OrchidPlatanthera peramoena
- Slim-flower MuhlyMuhlenbergia tenuiflora
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- MayapplePodophyllum peltatum
- Bears FootSmallanthus uvedalia
- Highland DoghobbleLeucothoe fontanesiana
- Large-flowered TrilliumTrillium grandiflorum
- Orange Dwarf Dandelion; Two Flower Dwarf DandelionKrigia biflora var. biflora
- Sessile TrilliumTrillium sessile
- Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Barksdale TrilliumTrillium sulcatum
- Common Blue CohoshCaulophyllum thalictroides
- Hairy-jointed Meadow-parsnipThaspium barbinode
- Northern Nodding TrilliumTrillium cernuum
- Southern Blue MonkshoodAconitum uncinatum
- SweetshrubCalycanthus floridus
- Beaked CornsaladValerianella radiata
- Snow TrilliumTrillium nivale
- Sessile-leaf BellwortUvularia sessilifolia
- Waxflower ShinleafPyrola elliptica
- Eastern LeatherwoodDirca palustris
- Navel CornsaladValerianella umbilicata
- Northern Blue CohoshCaulophyllum giganteum
- Northern Lady FernAthyrium angustum
- Silvery SpleenwortDeparia acrostichoides
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium asplenioides
- Goosefoot Cornsalad; Goose Foot Cornsalad; Goosefoot Corn Salad; Goose Foot Corn SaladValerianella chenopodiifolia
- Indian-pipeMonotropa uniflora
- Little Brown JugHexastylis arifolia
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Virginia SnakerootEndodeca serpentaria
- Appalachian Rockcap FernPolypodium appalachianum
- Bearded ShorthuskBrachyelytrum erectum
- Canadian Black Snake RootSanicula canadensis var. canadensis
- Little HeartleafHexastylis minor
- Northern ShorthuskBrachyelytrum aristosum
- Small's Black-snakerootSanicula smallii
- Variable-leaf HeartleafHexastylis heterophylla
- White Trout LilyErythronium albidum
- Yellow Star-grassHypoxis hirsuta
- Sharp-lobed HepaticaHepatica acutiloba
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 97
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
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.