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Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

A winter visitor to Virginia, found in 23 of 133 counties and cities and 4 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
23 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
23 of 133 counties and cities
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Virginia 4

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

1 of 4

Mountain balds

Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020
WinterSouthern 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.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

WinterCentral Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

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

Shale barrens

Steep, sun-baked slopes of loose shale with sparse oaks and Virginia pine and their own endemic wildflowers. Linked only where the source names shale barrens; calcareous shale stays with the limestone glades.

Winter
Other habitats in its models (20)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Winter.
  • Developed, High Intensity Winter.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Winter.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Winter.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Virginia

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 23 of 133 counties and cities.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 330

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

Wildlife 209

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