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.
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- Fewflower BeaksedgeRhynchospora rariflora
- Globe BeaksedgeRhynchospora globularis
- Harvey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora harveyi
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Nodding BeaksedgeRhynchospora inexpansa
- Rhynchospora distansRhynchospora distans
- Savanna BeaksedgeRhynchospora debilis
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Slender BeaksedgeRhynchospora gracilenta
- Starrush Whitetop SedgeRhynchospora colorata
- Threadleaf BeaksedgeRhynchospora filifolia
- Torrey's BeaksedgeRhynchospora torreyana
- Wright's BeaksedgeRhynchospora wrightiana
- Baldwins Flat SedgeCyperus croceus
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Eastern Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum psoralioides
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Yellow PitcherplantSarracenia flava
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- Three-angle SpikerushEleocharis tricostata
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Coastal LovegrassEragrostis refracta
- Elliott's GentianGentiana catesbaei
- Low Pinebarren MilkwortSenega ramosa
- Maryland MilkwortSenega mariana
- Nuttall's MilkwortSenega nuttallii
- Orange MilkwortSenega lutea
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Coastal-plain Yellow-eyed-grassXyris ambigua
- Curtiss's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris curtissii
- Pine Barren GentianGentiana autumnalis
- Tall Yellow-eyed-grassXyris platylepis
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Crested Fringed OrchidPlatanthera cristata
- Cut-over MuhlyMuhlenbergia expansa
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Carolina RedrootLachnanthes caroliniana
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
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.