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
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.