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.
- Roan Mountain BluetHoustonia montana
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Thymeleaf BluetHoustonia serpyllifolia
- Flattened OatgrassDanthonia compressa
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Bluejoint; Canada Reed GrassCalamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis
- Low FrostweedCrocanthemum propinquum
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Ten-petal AnemoneAnemone berlandieri
- Plains MuhlyMuhlenbergia cuspidata
- Howells PussytoesAntennaria howellii subsp. neodioica
- Bent AvensGeum geniculatum
- Marginal Wood-fernDryopteris marginalis
- Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Carey's SaxifrageMicranthes careyana
- Carolina SaxifrageMicranthes caroliniana
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Snow TrilliumTrillium nivale
- American HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Eastern Hay-scented FernSitobolium punctilobulum
- Northern Lady FernAthyrium angustum
- Southern HarebellCampanula divaricata
- Dwarf SundewDrosera brevifolia
- Appalachian Rockcap FernPolypodium appalachianum
- Wavy HairgrassAvenella flexuosa
- GalaxGalax urceolata
- Piedmont FoamflowerTiarella cordifolia
- Annual FimbryFimbristylis annua
- American DittanyCunila origanoides
- Pinebarren Death-camasStenanthium leimanthoides
- White Death-camasAnticlea glauca
- Wild Bleeding-heartDicentra eximia
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Rock FirmossHuperzia porophila
- PiratebushBuckleya distichophylla
- Allegheny BrookfoamBoykinia aconitifolia
- Appalachian Filmy-fernVandenboschia boschiana
- Hemlock-parsleyConioselinum chinense
- Lowland Bladder FernCystopteris protrusa
- Mountain NailwortParonychia montana
- Prairie Three-awnAristida oligantha
- Silvery NailwortParonychia argyrocoma
- Spreading SandwortArenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa
- Upland Bladder FernCystopteris tenuis
- Bunchberry, Dwarf Cornel, Dwarf DogwoodChamaepericlymenum canadense
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.