Habitat in Virginia
Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits
Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead. Schafale
- Plants
- 150
- Birds
- 23
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubacer odoratum
- Velvetleaf Blueberry, Canada BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloides
- Catawba RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense
- MinniebushRhododendron pilosum
- Roan Mountain GoldenrodSolidago roanensis
- Short's AsterSymphyotrichum shortii
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Blue Ridge RagwortPackera millefolium
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum cassinoides
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Atlantic Poison-oakToxicodendron pubescens
- Black HuckleberryGaylussacia baccata
- Fringed Climbing BuckwheatParogonum ciliinode
- Halberd-leaf Yellow VioletViola hastata
- Nantucket ServiceberryAmelanchier nantucketensis
- Prickly GooseberryRibes cynosbati
- Winged ElmUlmus alata
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Smoke Hole BergamotMonarda brevis
- Table Mountain PinePinus pungens
- Red ElderberrySambucus racemosa var. pubens
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Carolina HemlockTsuga caroliniana
- Eastern Prickly PearOpuntia humifusa
- Shinyleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea corymbosa
- Creeping AsterEurybia surculosa
- Elliptical RushfoilCroton willdenowii
- Common RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- American Mountain-ashSorbus americana
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Flexuous White-edge SedgeCarex flexuosa
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Parachute SedgeCarex rugosperma
- Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
- Pointed Broom SedgeCarex scoparia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 19
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Near water in this habitat 4
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
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)
- Sassafras Mountain rock outcrop, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.