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
- 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.