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.
- Longbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora scirpoides
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Sheathed FlatsedgeCyperus haspan
- Floating MannagrassGlyceria septentrionalis
- Sugarcane PlumegrassErianthus giganteus
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Grass-leaved Water PlantainAlisma gramineum
- Pale Spike RushEleocharis olivacea var. olivacea
- Rooted SpikerushEleocharis radicans
- Roundleaf Water-hyssopBacopa rotundifolia
- Southern CutgrassLeersia hexandra
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Blackfruit SpikerushEleocharis melanocarpa
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Horsetail SpikerushEleocharis equisetoides
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Purple SpikerushEleocharis atropurpurea
- Robbins's SpikerushEleocharis robbinsii
- Viviparous SpikerushEleocharis vivipara
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- American Water-plantainAlisma subcordatum
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Common DuckweedLemna minor
- Lesser DuckweedLemna aequinoctialis
- Little DuckweedLemna obscura
- Low Water-milfoilMyriophyllum humile
- Minute DuckweedLemna perpusilla
- Star DuckweedLemna trisulca
- Valdivia DuckweedLemna valdiviana
- Cutleaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum pinnatum
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Narrowleaf BugleweedLycopus angustifolius
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Irisleaf Yellow-eyed-grassXyris iridifolia
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- American EelgrassVallisneria americana
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrrhiza
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 125
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
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.