Habitat in Virginia
Sandhills
Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Bristly FlatsedgeCyperus hystricinus
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Gray's FlatsedgeCyperus grayi
- Plukenet's FlatsedgeCyperus plukenetii
- Southeastern FlatsedgeCyperus filiculmis
- Trailing ArbutusEpigaea repens
- Diamond FlowerHoustonia nigricans var. nigricans
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Doubleform SnoutbeanRhynchosia difformis
- Eastern Sampson's-snakerootOrbexilum psoralioides
- Erect SnoutbeanRhynchosia tomentosa
- Heller's Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium helleri
- Chapman's RedtopTridens chapmanii
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Pineywoods DropseedSporobolus junceus
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- Carolina Yellow-eyed-grassXyris caroliniana
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Pine Barren GentianGentiana autumnalis
- Striped GentianGentiana villosa
- Yaupon Black-sennaSeymeria cassioides
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- BuckrootPediomelum canescens
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- SweetshrubCalycanthus floridus
- Southern DawnflowerStylisma humistrata
- Eaton's Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes eatonii
- Hairy PinweedLechea mucronata
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Shining Nut RushScleria nitida
- Slender NutrushScleria minor
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Savanna CowbaneOxypolis ternata
- Wavy HairgrassAvenella flexuosa
- Glossyseed Star-grassHypoxis sessilis
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
- Pineland SquareheadTetragonotheca helianthoides
- Coastal Plain Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium fuscatum
- Juniper-leafPolypremum procumbens
- Nashs Blue Eyed GrassSisyrinchium nashii
- Queen's-delightStillingia sylvatica
- ViperinaZornia bracteata
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Virginia yet.
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.