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.

Flowering Dogwood
Benthamidia florida
Tree. Native
Alternate-leaf Dogwood
Swida alternifolia
Tree. Native
Gorge Goldenrod
Solidago faucibus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Gray Dogwood
Swida racemosa
Shrub. Native
Mountain Holly
Ilex montana
Tree. Native
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Shrub. Native
Heartleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Wildflower or fern. Native
Slender Flat-top Goldenrod
Euthamia caroliniana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Heart Leaf Aster
Symphyotrichum lowrieanum
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Arrowleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Cumberland Azalea
Rhododendron cumberlandense
Shrub. Native
Pink Azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Shrub. Native
Appalachian Snakeroot
Ageratina roanensis
Native
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Tree. Native
Red Oak; Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra var. rubra
Tree. Native
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Tree. Native
Smooth Threepart Violet
Viola glaberrima
Native
Smooth Yellow Violet
Viola eriocarpa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Tree. Native
White Oak
Quercus alba
Tree. Native
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Hairy Fleabane; Robins Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
Wildflower or fern. Native
Florida Maple
Acer floridanum
Tree. Native
Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum
Tree. Native
Hollow Joe-pye-weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Smooth Arrow Wood
Viburnum recognitum
Tree. Native
Sweet Scented Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
Wildflower or fern. Native
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Wildflower or fern. Native
Witherod Viburnum
Viburnum cassinoides
Tree. Native
Dodge's Hawthorn
Crataegus dodgei
Tree. Native
Pear Hawthorn
Crataegus calpodendron
Tree. Native
Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Tree. Native
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Tree. Native
Frostweed; White Crownbeard
Verbesina virginica var. virginica
Wildflower or fern. Native
Roundleaf Yellow Violet
Viola rotundifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
American Dog Violet
Viola labradorica
Wildflower or fern. Native
Appalachian Violet
Viola appalachiensis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Arrowleaf Violet
Viola sagittata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Common Sweet White Violet
Viola incognita
Wildflower or fern. Native
LeConte's Violet
Viola affinis
Wildflower or fern. Native
Long-spurred Violet
Viola rostrata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Southern Woodland Violet
Viola hirsutula
Wildflower or fern. Native
Striped Cream Violet
Viola striata
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda
Wildflower or fern. Native
Appalachian Gooseberry
Ribes rotundifolium
Shrub. Native
Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Shrub. 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.