Habitat in Virginia
Meadows
Open, grassy or flowery ground that is not wet, such as mountain meadows; wet meadows are separate. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Western Stiff GentianGentianella occidentalis
- Prairie Fringed OrchidPlatanthera leucophaea
- Purple Fringeless OrchidPlatanthera peramoena
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Potato Dwarf-dandelionKrigia dandelion
- Yellow AvensGeum aleppicum
- Southern Slender Ladies TressesSpiranthes lacera var. gracilis
- Yellow Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes ochroleuca
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
- Eastern Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium atlanticum
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Leathery GrapefernSceptridium multifidum
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Appalachian Small Spreading PogoniaCleistesiopsis bifaria
- Chinese CupgrassEriochloa villosa
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Hard FescueFestuca trachyphylla
- Marshcress; Austrian Yellowcress; Marsh Cress; Austrian Yellow CressRorippa austriaca
- Oat GrassArrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum
- Oat GrassArrhenatherum elatius var. elatius
- Southern SedgeCarex austrina
- Yellow Spring BedstrawGalium verum
- Bull ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common TimothyPhleum pratense
- Colonial BentgrassAgrostis capillaris
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Virginia yet.
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.