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.
- Shaved SedgeCarex tonsa
- Summer SedgeCarex aestivalis
- Northern Blazing-starLiatris scariosa
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- Great Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis grandis
- Mountain Sweet-pepperbushClethra acuminata
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Tufted Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis colorea
- Heller's Blazing-starLiatris helleri
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardii
- Allegheny StonecropHylotelephium telephioides
- Cliff StonecropSedum glaucophyllum
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
- Hairy BluestemAnatherum hirsutius
- Mountain BittercressCardamine clematitis
- Mountain Meadow-rueThalictrum clavatum
- Weakleaf YuccaYucca flaccida
- Round Leaf Fire PinkSilene rotundifolia
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Bearberry, KinnikinickArctostaphylos uva-ursi
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus asteroides
- American Water-pennywortHydrocotyle americana
- Elliott's BentgrassAgrostis elliottiana
- Winter BentgrassAgrostis hyemalis
- White AlumrootHeuchera alba
- American AlumrootHeuchera americana
- Carolina AlumrootHeuchera caroliniana
- Downy AlumrootHeuchera pubescens
- Hispid AlumrootHeuchera hispida
- Little Flower Alumroot; Cumberland Grotto AlumrootHeuchera parviflora var. parviflora
- Brownish BeaksedgeRhynchospora capitellata
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Pine-barren FlatsedgeCyperus retrorsus
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Plukenet's FlatsedgeCyperus plukenetii
- Dwarf SkullcapScutellaria parvula
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Canada ToadflaxLinaria canadensis
- Canada YewTaxus canadensis
- Diamond FlowerHoustonia nigricans var. nigricans
- Northern Bush-honeysuckleDiervilla lonicera
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.