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
- 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.