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.
- Roanoke WitchgrassDichanthelium roanokense
- Shortleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium curtifolium
- Stalked PanicgrassColeataenia pulchra
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Coastal Sweet-pepperbushClethra alnifolia
- Knotted RushJuncus nodosus
- Bald CypressTaxodium distichum
- Georgia LobeliaLobelia georgiana
- Long's BittercressCardamine longii
- Narrow Leaf SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
- Pond CypressTaxodium ascendens
- Starry Solomons PumeMaianthemum stellatum
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Bog Witch GrassDichanthelium lucidum
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Mattamuskeet Panic Grass, Mattamuskeet WitchgrassDichanthelium mattamuskeetense
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Shining Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Shining Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum
- Small Fruit WitchgrassDichanthelium microcarpon
- Spotted-sheath WitchgrassDichanthelium yadkinense
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Leathery RushJuncus coriaceus
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Bulb-bearing Water-hemlockCicuta bulbifera
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Awned Mountain-mintPycnanthemum setosum
- Coastal Bog BentgrassAgrostis altissima
- Drooping BulrushScirpus lineatus
- Floating Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
- Shield Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle verticillata
- Spreading BulrushScirpus divaricatus
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Switch CaneArundinaria tecta
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
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.