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.
- Shadow-witchPonthieva racemosa
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Small Whorled PogoniaIsotria medeoloides
- Spotted Coral Root; Summer Coral RootCorallorhiza maculata var. maculata
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Sweet Indian-plantainHasteola suaveolens
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- Bentley's CoralrootCorallorhiza bentleyi
- Autumn FernDryopteris erythrosora
- Boston IvyParthenocissus tricuspidata
- Dame's RocketHesperis matronalis
- European CornsaladValerianella locusta
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Little Sweet TrilliumTrillium cuneatum
- Mercury SpurgeEuphorbia mercurialina
- WeigelaWeigela floribunda
- Western BeakgrainDiarrhena obovata
- Wavyleaf BasketgrassOplismenus undulatifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Japanese BarberryBerberis thunbergii
- White MulberryMorus alba
- WineberryRubus phoenicolasius
- Chinese PrivetLigustrum sinense
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
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.