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.
- Swollen Meadow-beautyRhexia ventricosa
- Anglestem BeaksedgeRhynchospora caduca
- Loosehead BeaksedgeRhynchospora chalarocephala
- Millet BeaksedgeRhynchospora miliacea
- Short-bristle Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora corniculata
- Tall Horned BeaksedgeRhynchospora macrostachya
- Atlantic MannagrassGlyceria obtusa
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Marsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Saccharum coarctatumErianthus coarctatus
- Slender MannagrassGlyceria melicaria
- Canada YewTaxus canadensis
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- Catchfly CutgrassLeersia lenticularis
- Slender SpikegrassChasmanthium laxum
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Cuthbert's TurtleheadChelone cuthbertii
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Showy Lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- Bog FernCoryphopteris simulata
- TitiCyrilla racemiflora
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Common DuckweedLemna minor
- Lesser DuckweedLemna aequinoctialis
- Little DuckweedLemna obscura
- Minute DuckweedLemna perpusilla
- Star DuckweedLemna trisulca
- Valdivia DuckweedLemna valdiviana
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Narrowleaf GentianGentiana linearis
- Silky CamelliaStewartia malacodendron
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- Small Green Wood OrchidPlatanthera clavellata
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Slenderleaf False-DragonheadPhysostegia leptophylla
- Spring AvensGeum vernum
- Clinton's Wood Fern, Broad Swamp FernDryopteris clintoniana
- Coastal DoghobbleLeucothoe axillaris
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Crested Wood-fernDryopteris cristata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 144
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- DunlinCalidris alpina
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.