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.
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Long-stem Adder's-tongueOphioglossum petiolatum
- Wrinkled JointgrassMnesithea rugosa
- Deceptive BluestemAnatherum campbellii
- Grove Sandwort, Blunt-leaf SandwortMoehringia lateriflora
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Annual Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium micranthum
- Arkansas sedgeCarex arkansana
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Betony Leaf NoseburnTragia betonicifolia
- Bicknell's SedgeCarex opaca
- Big MarshelderCyclachaena xanthiifolia
- Bristly ScaleseedSpermolepis echinata
- Buffalo GrassBouteloua dactyloides
- Common Blanketflower; Firewheel; Indian Blanket; Common Blanket Flower; Fire WheelGaillardia pulchella var. pulchella
- Common PepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- David's SpurgeEuphorbia davidii
- DogweedDyssodia papposa
- Foxtail Prairie CloverDalea leporina
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Illinois BundleflowerDesmanthus illinoensis
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Perennial RagweedAmbrosia psilostachya
- Pink Evening-primroseOenothera speciosa
- Plains LovegrassEragrostis intermedia
- Prairie Cup GrassEriochloa contracta
- Purple MeadowrueThalictrum dasycarpum
- Rocky Mountain SageSalvia reflexa
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Sand Love GrassEragrostis trichodes
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Slender VervainVerbena rigida
- Slickseed Fuzzy-beanStrophostyles leiosperma
- Smut-grassSporobolus indicus
- Soft Golden-asterBradburia pilosa
- Southern SedgeCarex austrina
- Stemless Evening PrimroseOenothera triloba
- Texas BluegrassPoa arachnifera
- Texas CrabgrassDigitaria texana
- Whorled SunflowerHelianthus verticillatus
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
- Wild Goose PlumPrunus munsoniana
- Wild Licorice, American LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidota
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.