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.
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Pitchfork CrowngrassPaspalum bifidum
- Southern Waxy SedgeCarex glaucescens
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- Hyssopleaf Hedge-nettleStachys hyssopifolia
- Liatris spicata var. resinosaLiatris resinosa
- Rough Hedge-nettleStachys aspera
- Whorled LoosestrifeLysimachia quadrifolia
- Bluntleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis obtusifolia
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Rafinesque's SeedboxLudwigia hirtella
- Raven's SeedboxLudwigia ravenii
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- Savanna SeedboxLudwigia virgata
- White-edge WitchgrassDichanthelium tenue
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Hairy BluestemAnatherum hirsutius
- Mohr's BluestemAnatherum mohrii
- Nuttall's LobeliaLobelia nuttallii
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Mattamuskeet Panic Grass, Mattamuskeet WitchgrassDichanthelium mattamuskeetense
- Rough Hair Witch GrassDichanthelium strigosum var. strigosum
- Shining Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Shining Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum
- Wright's WitchgrassDichanthelium wrightianum
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Elliott's RushJuncus elliottii
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Rattlesnake Master; Button EryngoEryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium
- Spiked Hoary-peaTephrosia spicata
- Pine LilyLilium catesbaei
- Smooth Purple ConeflowerEchinacea laevigata
- Slender Rattlesnake-rootNabalus autumnalis
- Awned Mountain-mintPycnanthemum setosum
- Coastal Bog BentgrassAgrostis altissima
- Florida Yellow FlaxLinum floridanum var. floridanum
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- Fringed Meadow-beautyRhexia petiolata
- Nash's Meadow-beautyRhexia nashii
- Swollen Meadow-beautyRhexia ventricosa
- Virginia Meadow-beautyRhexia virginica
- Woolly ChaffheadCarphephorus tomentosus
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Clustered BeaksedgeRhynchospora glomerata
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Fascicled BeaksedgeRhynchospora fascicularis
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.