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.
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- Dusty Downy GoldenrodSolidago pulverulenta
- InkberryIlex glabra
- Northern Wand GoldenrodSolidago stricta
- Pine Barren GoldenrodSolidago fistulosa
- Slender Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia caroliniana
- Dwarf AzaleaRhododendron atlanticum
- Bog RagwortPackera crawfordii
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Nuttall's ThistleCirsium nuttallii
- Virginia ThistleCirsium virginianum
- Yellow Thistle; Bull Thistle; Horrid ThistleCirsium horridulum var. horridulum
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Mohr's ThoroughwortEupatorium mohrii
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Small-flower ThoroughwortEupatorium semiserratum
- White-bracted ThoroughwortEupatorium leucolepis
- Primrose-leaf VioletViola primulifolia
- Coastal ServiceberryAmelanchier obovalis
- BlackgumNyssa sylvatica
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Southern BayberryMorella caroliniensis
- StaggerbushLyonia mariana
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- St. Peter's-wortHypericum crux-andreae
- Dwarf Bayberry, Dwarf Wax MyrtleMorella pusilla
- Slender AsterEurybia compacta
- Bedstraw St. John's-wortHypericum galioides
- Canadian St. John's-wortHypericum canadense
- Clasping-leaf St. John's-wortHypericum gymnanthum
- Coppery St. John's-wortHypericum denticulatum
- Hairy St. John's-wortHypericum setosum
- Lespedeza hirta var. curtissiiLespedeza hirta var. curtissii
- Narrowleaf LespedezaLespedeza angustifolia
- Coastal Carrion-flowerSmilax pseudochina
- Slimleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium tenuifolium
- Savanna TickseedCoreopsis linifolia
- Sickle TickseedCoreopsis falcata
- Common Sensitive PlantChamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Longleaf MilkweedAsclepias longifolia
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Canebrake SedgeCarex austrodeflexa
- Catesby's BindweedCalystegia catesbeiana
- Curtis's CrowngrassPaspalum praecox var. curtisianum
- Florida PaspalumPaspalum floridanum
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.