Habitat in Virginia
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 318
- Birds
- 144
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- American Fly-honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
- Carolina AshFraxinus caroliniana
- Common ElderberrySambucus canadensis
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Pumpkin AshFraxinus profunda
- Pond PinePinus serotina
- Swamp TupeloNyssa biflora
- Water HickoryCarya aquatica
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Yellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis
- Black AshFraxinus nigra
- Shining FetterbushLyonia lucida
- Swamp RedbayTamala palustris
- Early St. John's-wortHypericum nudiflorum
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Coral GreenbrierSmilax walteri
- Laurel GreenbrierSmilax laurifolia
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Frasers Marsh St. JohnswortTriadenum fraseri
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Pale St. John's-wortHypericum ellipticum
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Coastal Carrion-flowerSmilax pseudochina
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Dioecious SedgeCarex sterilis
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Fewflower MilkweedAsclepias lanceolata
- Hairy Hedge-nettleStachys arenicola
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- Red MilkweedAsclepias rubra
- Allegheny SedgeCarex debilis var. pubera
- Barratt's SedgeCarex barrattii
- Beaked Hazel Nut; Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornuta var. cornuta
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Canebrake SedgeCarex austrodeflexa
- Carolina SedgeCarex caroliniana
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Collins's SedgeCarex collinsii
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Cypress-swamp SedgeCarex joorii
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 144
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- 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)
- View, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, Regis Francois Gignoux habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.