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
- 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.