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Habitat in Virginia

Shale barrens

Steep, sun-baked slopes of loose shale with sparse oaks and Virginia pine and their own endemic wildflowers. Linked only where the source names shale barrens; calcareous shale stays with the limestone glades. NatureServe

Plants
37
Birds
53

Plants

Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 48

Near water in this habitat 5

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

  • Bank Swallow
    Riparia riparia
    Summer, only within 250 m of water
  • Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus
    Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
  • Spotted Sandpiper
    Actitis macularius
    Summer, only within 250 m of water
  • Tree Swallow
    Tachycineta bicolor
    Summer, only within 250 m of water
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
    Coccyzus americanus
    Summer, only within 120 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.