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.
- Goldie's Wood-fernDryopteris goldieana
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- Southern Wild-riceZizaniopsis miliacea
- Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Southern Blue MonkshoodAconitum uncinatum
- Swamp SaxifrageMicranthes pensylvanica
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Stiff CowbaneOxypolis rigidior
- Climbing DogbaneThyrsanthella difformis
- Grassleaf Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes praecox
- Lacelip Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes laciniata
- Marsh Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes odorata
- Nodding Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes cernua
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrrhiza
- Canadian BurnetSanguisorba canadensis
- Flaccid Nut RushScleria flaccida
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Skunk CabbageSymplocarpus foetidus
- SupplejackBerchemia scandens
- American CupscaleSacciolepis striata
- Roughfruit ScaleseedSpermolepis divaricata
- Shade MudflowerMicranthemum umbrosum
- Spanish-mossTillandsia usneoides
- Carolina JessamineGelsemium sempervirens
- Curtiss's Star-grassHypoxis curtissii
- BuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
- Creeping BurheadEchinodorus cordifolius
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
- Coastal Rose-gentianSabatia calycina
- Estuary PipewortEriocaulon parkeri
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- WaterpodHydrolea quadrivalvis
- Lax HornpodMitreola petiolata
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Woodland HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
- Brazilian WatermealWolffia brasiliensis
- Colombian WatermealWolffia columbiana
- Twoleaf MiterwortMitella diphylla
- Northern WatermealWolffia borealis
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- American Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium americanum
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Dragon's-mouthArethusa bulbosa
- Fen OrchidLiparis loeselii
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.












































































