Habitat in Virginia
Salt and brackish marshes
Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides. Schafale
- Plants
- 50
- Birds
- 115
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Weakley's Flat-top GoldenrodEuthamia weakleyi
- Perennial Saltmarsh AsterSymphyotrichum tenuifolium
- Southern HorseweedErigeron pusillus
- Smallfruit BeggarticksBidens mitis
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Seaside PlantainPlantago maritima var. juncoides
- Virginia PlantainPlantago virginica
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Marsh Straw SedgeCarex hormathodes
- Wand LoosestrifeLythrum lineare
- Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
- Weatherby's ArrowheadSagittaria weatherbiana
- Maritime BluestemAnatherum tenuispatheum
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Salt-marsh Wild-ryeElymus virginicus var. halophilus
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Olney's ThreesquareSchoenoplectus americanus
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Saltmarsh CordgrassSpartina alterniflora
- Cyperus filicinusCyperus filicinus
- Sea OxeyeBorrichia frutescens
- Smooth Orach, Maritime Orach, Scotland SaltbushAtriplex glabriuscula
- Dwarf SpikerushEleocharis parvula
- Saltmarsh SpikerushEleocharis uniglumis
- White SpikerushEleocharis albida
- Northeastern BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. americana
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- SawgrassCladium jamaicense
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Heliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicumHeliotropium curassavicum var. curassavicum
- Eastern Alkali Grass, Saltmarsh GoosegrassPuccinellia fasciculata
- Sensitive JointvetchAeschynomene virginica
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Fimbristylis castaneaFimbristylis castanea
- Salt-marsh PinkSabatia stellaris
- Perennial GlasswortSalicornia ambigua
- Clammy Hedge-hyssopGratiola neglecta
- Eastern GrasswortLilaeopsis chinensis
- Saltmarsh SandspurrySpergularia marina
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
- Common Sea-blite, White Sea-bliteSuaeda maritima
- Curved Sickle-grassParapholis incurva
- French TamariskTamarix gallica
- Hairy Smother-weed, Hairy Sea-bliteSpirobassia hirsuta
- Long-bracted SedgeCarex extensa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 115
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- BrantBranta bernicla
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
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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)
- Fort Fisher brackish marsh and woodland edge, ncwetlands.org habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.