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.
- Florida Adder's-mouthMalaxis spicata
- Kidneyleaf TwaybladeNeottia smallii
- Marsh Mermaid-weedProserpinaca palustris
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Robin-runawayDalibarda repens
- Southern TwaybladeNeottia bifolia
- Swamp PinkHelonias bullata
- Swamp WedgescaleSphenopholis pensylvanica
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Grove Sandwort, Blunt-leaf SandwortMoehringia lateriflora
- Lake CressNeobeckia aquatica
- Northern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum pusillum
- Amazon SprangletopDinebra panicoides
- Annual Water Aster; Annual Yard AsterSymphyotrichum divaricatum
- Buckwheat VineBrunnichia ovata
- Dotted DuckmeatLandoltia punctata
- False Maiden-fernMacrothelypteris torresiana
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- Japanese Holly-fernCyrtomium falcatum
- Longspike FluffgrassTridens strictus
- PecanCarya illinoinensis
- Pineland HibiscusHibiscus aculeatus
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Scarlet RosemallowHibiscus coccineus
- Water Celery, Java Water DropwortOenanthe javanica
- Chinese Tallow-treeTriadica sebifera
- Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Winter-creeperEuonymus fortunei
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Marsh DewflowerMurdannia keisak
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 144
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
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.