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Prairie Warbler

Dendroica discolor

A summer resident that nests in Virginia. Found in all 133 counties and cities, across 10 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 133 counties and cities
Habitats
10

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 133 counties and cities
Habitats
10
Habitat models
Summer, Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Virginia 10

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 10

Coastal dunes and beaches

Core Banks dunes, June 2013
SummerWinterAtlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal WetlandDune grassland. Shown: Core Banks, Cape Lookout, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Core Banks dunes, June 2013, Jarek Tuszyński, June 2013. CC BY-SA 3.0. Source record.

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
SummerWinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County
SummerRidge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and WoodlandLimestone cedar glade. Shown: Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Kentucky, a neighboring state.Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Mason Brock (Masebrock), undated. Public domain. Source record.

Mountain balds

Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020
SummerSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous ModifierGrassy mountain bald with shrub islands. Shown: Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, Swain County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020, Andrea Walton / Great Smoky Mountains National Park, July 2020. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

SummerWinter

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerWinterSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.

SummerCumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

WinterAtlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerWinterDeveloped, Open Space; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

SummerWinterEvergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (90)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Virginia.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Winter.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Winter.
  • Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
  • Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Winter.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest - Offsite Pine Modifier Winter.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Summer and winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Winter.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-Line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Summer and winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Scrub/Shrub Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Summer and winter.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Summer.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Summer and winter.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer and winter.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer.
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer and winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer and winter.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dune and Swale Summer.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer and winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer and winter.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer and winter.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • South Florida Mangrove Swamp Summer and winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Scrub/Shrub Understory Modifier Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Virginia

  • Summer: nests here, in all 133 counties and cities.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 460

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 257

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources