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
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Thayer's GullLarus thayeri
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.