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.
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Carolina Nut RushScleria pauciflora var. caroliniana
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Few Flower Nut RushScleria pauciflora var. pauciflora
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Muehlenberg's NutrushScleria muehlenbergii
- Pink SundewDrosera capillaris
- Slender NutrushScleria minor
- Spoonleaf SundewDrosera intermedia
- Whip NutrushScleria triglomerata
- Savanna CowbaneOxypolis ternata
- Zigzag BladderwortUtricularia subulata
- Bristle Seed Star GrassHypoxis wrightii
- Eastern Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium atlanticum
- Needle Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium capillare
- Fimbristylis carolinianaFimbristylis caroliniana
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Toothache GrassCtenium aromaticum
- Golden ColicrootAletris aurea
- Lanceleaf Rose-gentianSabatia difformis
- Narrowleaf Rose-pinkSabatia brachiata
- Slender Rose-gentianSabatia campanulata
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Crow-poisonStenanthium densum
- Swamp HornpodMitreola sessilifolia
- Pale Grass-pinkCalopogon pallidus
- Sandbog Death-camasZigadenus glaberrimus
- Tuberous Grass PinkCalopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
- ChaffweedCentunculus minimus
- Common LeopardbaneArnica acaulis
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Slender ClubmossPseudolycopodiella caroliniana
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- American ChaffseedSchwalbea americana
- AxilflowerMecardonia acuminata var. acuminata
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Capillary HairsedgeBulbostylis ciliatifolia
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Coastal False-asphodelTriantha racemosa
- Combleaf Mermaid-weedProserpinaca pectinata
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Erect CoinleafCentella erecta
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Fuirena brevisetaFuirena breviseta
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.