Habitat in Virginia
Pine savannas
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil. Schafale
- Plants
- 209
- Birds
- 78
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Northern Wand GoldenrodSolidago stricta
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Dwarf AzaleaRhododendron atlanticum
- Bog RagwortPackera crawfordii
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Virginia ThistleCirsium virginianum
- Yellow Thistle; Bull Thistle; Horrid ThistleCirsium horridulum var. horridulum
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Mohr's ThoroughwortEupatorium mohrii
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Coastal ServiceberryAmelanchier obovalis
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Dwarf Bayberry, Dwarf Wax MyrtleMorella pusilla
- Slender AsterEurybia compacta
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Canadian St. John's-wortHypericum canadense
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Lespedeza hirta var. curtissiiLespedeza hirta var. curtissii
- Narrowleaf LespedezaLespedeza angustifolia
- Coastal Carrion-flowerSmilax pseudochina
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- Savanna TickseedCoreopsis linifolia
- Sickle TickseedCoreopsis falcata
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Longleaf MilkweedAsclepias longifolia
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Canebrake SedgeCarex austrodeflexa
- Catesby's BindweedCalystegia catesbeiana
- Curtis's CrowngrassPaspalum praecox var. curtisianum
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 78
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
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)
- Sandy Pine Savanna, Rush Featherling subtype, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.