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.
- Common BladderwortUtricularia macrorhiza
- Eastern Purple BladderwortUtricularia purpurea
- Floating BladderwortUtricularia radiata
- Hidden-fruit BladderwortUtricularia geminiscapa
- Humped BladderwortUtricularia gibba
- Striped BladderwortUtricularia striata
- Strong QuillwortIsoetes valida
- Swollen BladderwortUtricularia inflata
- Two-flower BladderwortUtricularia biflora
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Carolina FanwortCabomba caroliniana
- Carolina Mosquito-fernAzolla caroliniana
- Seven-angle PipewortEriocaulon aquaticum
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- Common HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Slender WaternymphNajas gracillima
- Spineless HornwortCeratophyllum echinatum
- Horned PondweedZannichellia palustris
- Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
- Water StargrassHeteranthera dubia
- Brazilian WatermealWolffia brasiliensis
- ChaffweedCentunculus minimus
- Colombian WatermealWolffia columbiana
- HoneycupZenobia pulverulenta
- Northern WatermealWolffia borealis
- Vernal Water-starwortCallitriche palustris
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- American WaterwortElatine americana
- Branched Hedge-hyssopGratiola ramosa
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Coastal False-asphodelTriantha racemosa
- Dwarf-burheadHelanthium tenellum
- Florida MudmidgetWolffiella gladiata
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Short's Hedge-hyssopGratiola viscidula
- Small WaterwortElatine minima
- Lake CressNeobeckia aquatica
- Amazon SprangletopDinebra panicoides
- Annual Water Aster; Annual Yard AsterSymphyotrichum divaricatum
- Brown GalingaleCyperus fuscus
- Dotted DuckmeatLandoltia punctata
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
- Lawn Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle sibthorpioides
- Marsilea muticaMarsilea mutica
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.