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
- Common Sea-blite, White Sea-bliteSuaeda maritima
- Annual Rabbit's-foot GrassPolypogon monspeliensis
- Carolina Bristle-mallowModiola caroliniana
- 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
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus caudacutus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
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Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.