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
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.