Habitat in Virginia
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs. Schafale
- Plants
- 210
- Birds
- 125
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- Longleaf PinePinus palustris
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Northern St. John's-wortHypericum boreale
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Southern Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum tubulosum
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Virginia SneezeweedHelenium virginicum
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Hairy Hedge-nettleStachys arenicola
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- White Water CrowfootRanunculus aquatilis var. diffusus
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Marsh Straw SedgeCarex hormathodes
- Mudbank CrowngrassPaspalum dissectum
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Celliotts FanpetalsSida elliottii var. elliottii
- Sessile Fruit ArrowheadSagittaria rigida
- Yellow Water-buttercupRanunculus flabellaris
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Engelmann's ArrowheadSagittaria engelmanniana
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Hooded ArrowheadSagittaria calycina
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- Threadleaf ArrowheadSagittaria filiformis
- Trailing LoosestrifeSteironema radicans
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Broadleaf Pond-lilyNuphar advena
- Narrowleaf Pond-lilyNuphar sagittifolia
- Pine-barren False FoxgloveAgalinis virgata
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 125
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
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)
- Yellow butterwort beside a moss-hung coastal pond, Marian Ellis Rowan habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.