Habitat in Virginia
Pocosins and bay forests
Dense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain. Schafale
- Plants
- 77
- Birds
- 92
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Coastal Plain BeaksedgeRhynchospora stenophylla
- Nodding BeaksedgeRhynchospora inexpansa
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- Atlantic MannagrassGlyceria obtusa
- Yellow PitcherplantSarracenia flava
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Elliott's GentianGentiana catesbaei
- Low Pinebarren MilkwortSenega ramosa
- Nuttall's MilkwortSenega nuttallii
- Striped GentianGentiana villosa
- Netted Chain-fernLorinseria areolata
- Virginia Chain-fernAnchistea virginica
- Coastal DoghobbleLeucothoe axillaris
- Carolina RedrootLachnanthes caroliniana
- Spoonleaf SundewDrosera intermedia
- Lewis's HeartleafHexastylis lewisii
- Sandhills HeartleafHexastylis sorriei
- Four-angle Rose-gentianSabatia quadrangula
- Lanceleaf Rose-gentianSabatia difformis
- Swamp HornpodMitreola sessilifolia
- Sandbog Death-camasZigadenus glaberrimus
- Tawny CottongrassEriophorum virginicum
- HoneycupZenobia pulverulenta
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Hairy Umbrella SedgeFuirena squarrosa
- Pinebarrens Peanut-grassAmphicarpum amphicarpon
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 92
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- 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 WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
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)
- Dense low pocosin, Robert Thornhill habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.