Habitat in Virginia
Prairies and grasslands
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Saltmeadow CordgrassSpartina patens
- Dwarf SkullcapScutellaria parvula
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. trifoliata
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Diamond FlowerHoustonia nigricans var. nigricans
- Elliptic Spike RushEleocharis elliptica
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Tiny BluetHoustonia pusilla
- Wolf's SpikerushEleocharis wolfii
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- Coastal LovegrassEragrostis refracta
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis
- Pink MilkwortSenega incarnata
- Western Stiff GentianGentianella occidentalis
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Thimble Weed; Tall AnemoneAnemone virginiana var. virginiana
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Side Oats Grama; Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
- Potato Dwarf-dandelionKrigia dandelion
- Tower MustardTurritis glabra
- Carolina Doll's-daisyBoltonia caroliniana
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Shortleaf Skeleton-grassGymnopogon brevifolius
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Canadian AnemoneAnemonastrum canadense
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Virginia yet.
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)
- Barrens native plants returning after prescribed fire, September 2020, NPS Photo / Rick Olson habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.