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.
- Sandhill AmaranthAmaranthus arenicola
- Sharpleaf CancerwortKickxia elatine
- Silvery CockscombCelosia argentea
- South American VervainVerbena bonariensis
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Splitlip Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- True Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
- Vietnamese BalmElsholtzia ciliata
- Water LettucePistia stratiotes
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
- Wild Goose PlumPrunus munsoniana
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- Curly PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- Common Water-primroseLudwigia hexapetala
- Brazilian WaterweedEgeria densa
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Golden BambooPhyllostachys aurea
- Orange-eye Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Trifoliate OrangeCitrus trifoliata
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Alligator-weedAlternanthera philoxeroides
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Porcelain-berryAmpelopsis glandulosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 129
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.