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.

Bowman's-root
Gillenia trifoliata
Shrub. Native
Galax
Galax urceolata
Shrub. Native
Piedmont Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Round-lobed Hepatica
Hepatica americana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Yellow Fumewort
Corydalis flavula
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Ginseng
Panax quinquefolius
Wildflower or fern. Native
Eastern Angle Pod
Gonolobus suberosus var. suberosus
Vine. Native
Green-violet
Cubelium concolor
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hairy-fruit Chervil
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
Wildflower or fern. Native
Longbract Frog Orchid
Dactylorhiza viridis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
One-seed Bur-cucumber
Sicyos angulatus
Vine. Native
Yellow Yam
Dioscorea villosa
Vine. Native
Carolina Coralbead
Nephroia carolina
Vine. Native
Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
Wildflower or fern. Native
False Rue-anemone
Enemion biternatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Four-angle Rose-gentian
Sabatia quadrangula
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Stickseed
Hackelia virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Eastern Feather Bells
Stenanthium gramineum var. gramineum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hedgehog Woodrush
Luzula echinata
Grass or sedge. Native
Squirrel Corn
Dicentra canadensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
White-flowered Leafcup
Polymnia canadensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Canadian Anemone
Anemonastrum canadense
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Wood Rush
Luzula acuminata var. carolinae
Grass or sedge. Native
Hairy Wood Rush; Hairy Woodrush
Luzula acuminata var. acuminata
Grass or sedge. Native
Clasping Twisted-stalk
Streptopus amplexifolius
Wildflower or fern. Native
Cutleaf Grapefern
Sceptridium dissectum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Daisyleaf Moonwort
Botrychium matricariifolium
Wildflower or fern. Native
Leathery Grapefern
Sceptridium multifidum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Shining Clubmoss
Huperzia lucidula
Shrub. Native
Southern Grapefern
Sceptridium biternatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Buffalo-nut
Pyrularia pubera
Shrub. Native
Piratebush
Buckleya distichophylla
Shrub. Native
American Beakgrass
Diarrhena americana
Grass or sedge. Native
American Cancer-root
Conopholis americana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Autumn Coralroot
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
Wildflower or fern. Native
Carolina Tassel-rue
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Devil's-bit
Chamaelirium luteum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Ditch-stonecrop
Penthorum sedoides
Wildflower or fern. Native
Downy Rattlesnake-plantain
Goodyera pubescens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Fly-poison
Amianthium muscitoxicum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Guyandotte Beauty
Synandra hispidula
Wildflower or fern. Native
Indian Cucumber-root
Medeola virginiana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Large Whorled Pogonia
Isotria verticillata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Lesser Rattlesnake-plantain
Goodyera repens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Lowland Bladder Fern
Cystopteris protrusa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Purple Twayblade
Liparis liliifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Puttyroot
Aplectrum hyemale
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.