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Habitat in Virginia

Spruce-fir forests

Cool, evergreen forests of red spruce and Fraser fir on the highest mountains. Schafale

Plants
17
Birds
59
Spruce-fir forest
Regional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state. Spruce-fir forest, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source.

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 55

Near water in this habitat 4

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

  • Belted Kingfisher
    Megaceryle alcyon
    Year-round, only within 60 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
  • Hooded Merganser
    Lophodytes cucullatus
    Summer, only within 60 m of water
  • Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus
    Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
  • Veery
    Catharus fuscescens
    Summer, only within 250 m of water

Sources

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