Habitat in Virginia
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals. Schafale
- Plants
- 315
- Birds
- 129
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Allegheny BrookfoamBoykinia aconitifolia
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Carolina GrasswortLilaeopsis carolinensis
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Dwarf-burheadHelanthium tenellum
- Hemlock-parsleyConioselinum chinense
- Narrowleaf PaleseedLeucospora multifida
- Sweet Indian-plantainHasteola suaveolens
- Water PurslaneDidiplis diandra
- YellowrootXanthorhiza simplicissima
- Three Way Sedge; Threeway SedgeDulichium arundinaceum var. arundinaceum
- Virginia Sida; Virginia Mallow; Virginia FanpetalsRipariosida hermaphrodita
- Autumn FernDryopteris erythrosora
- Boltonia asteroides var. latisquamaBoltonia asteroides var. latisquama
- Bracted VervainVerbena bracteata
- Brook CinquefoilPotentilla rivalis
- Brown GalingaleCyperus fuscus
- Calliopsis; Plains Coreopsis; Golden Tickseed; Ojos De Gato; Golden Tick SeedCoreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
- Colt's-footTussilago farfara
- David's SpurgeEuphorbia davidii
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- European VervainVerbena officinalis
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Grassleaf SweetflagAcorus gramineus
- Harlequin Glory-bowerClerodendrum trichotomum
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Jerusalem CherrySolanum pseudocapsicum
- Lesser Balloon-vineCardiospermum halicacabum
- Mahaleb CherryPrunus mahaleb
- Missouri GooseberryRibes missouriense
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Orange Day-lilyHemerocallis fulva
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Palmer's AmaranthAmaranthus palmeri
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Plume-poppyMacleaya cordata
- Poison-hemlockConium maculatum
- Puncture-vineTribulus terrestris
- Purple-osier WillowSalix purpurea
- Red Buckeye; Scarlet BuckeyeAesculus pavia var. pavia
- Red Morning-gloryIpomoea coccinea
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- Rorippa indicaRorippa indica
- SaltcedarTamarix ramosissima
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 129
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
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)
- Watauga Falls, Illustrator/engraver not confidently attributed; reproduced in Zeigler and Grosscup, The Heart of the Alleghanies (1883) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.