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Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Lives in Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 133 counties and cities, across 19 habitats.

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Here
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Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 133 counties and cities
Habitats
19
Habitat models
Year-round

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Virginia 19

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

1 of 19

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
Year-roundHarvested 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
Year-roundRidge 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.

Hemlock forests

Hemlock forest / rocky mountain stream
Year-roundAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Hemlock forest / rocky mountain stream, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Moist forests

Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland
Year-roundSouthern Piedmont Mesic Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Mountains of North and South Carolina; exact site not identified, a neighboring state.Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Mountain balds

Andrews Bald, Forney Ridge Trail, July 2020
Year-roundSouthern 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.

Northern hardwood forests

Frozen northern hardwood forest, Baxter Creek Trail
Year-roundNorthern hardwood forest in winter. Shown: Baxter Creek Trail near Mount Sterling, Haywood County, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Frozen northern hardwood forest, Baxter Creek Trail, Brian Stansberry, undated. CC BY 3.0. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Wet Pine Flatwoods, Shaken Creek Preserve - typical shrub layer
Year-roundCentral Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsWet pine flatwoods with a shrub layer. Shown: Shaken Creek Preserve, Pender and Onslow Counties, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Wet Pine Flatwoods, Shaken Creek Preserve - typical shrub layer, Robert Thornhill, undated. CC BY 4.0. Source record.

Pine savannas

Sandy Pine Savanna, Rush Featherling subtype
Year-roundCentral Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and FlatwoodsSandy pine savanna. Shown: Shaken Creek Preserve, Pender and Onslow Counties, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Sandy Pine Savanna, Rush Featherling subtype, Robert Thornhill, undated. CC BY 4.0. Source record.

Rich cove forests

Cove hardwood forest
Year-roundSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove ForestRegional / representative. Shown: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee; representative habitat composite, not a documented exact viewpoint, a neighboring state.Cove hardwood forest, Hynes, Robert 'Bob', by 2012. Public domain. Source record.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Watauga Falls
Year-roundSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and RiparianNamed place / source context. Shown: Watauga Falls, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Watauga Falls, Illustrator/engraver not confidently attributed; reproduced in Zeigler and Grosscup, The Heart of the Alleghanies (1883), 1883. Public domain. Source record.

Swamps

View, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina
Year-roundCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems; Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Swamp Systems; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa ModifierNamed place / source context. Shown: Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, as titled by Museum of Fine Arts Boston; nineteenth-century artistic interpretation, a neighboring state.View, Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, Regis Francois Gignoux, 1850. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

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

Year-roundSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

Year-roundAtlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier; Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

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.

Year-roundCumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens

Hardwood and oak flatwoods

Flat, poorly drained uplands and terraces with oaks, sweetgum and sometimes loblolly pine, wet in winter and dry in summer, but neither a floodplain nor a swamp.

Year-roundAtlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier

Moderately dry forests

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

Year-roundNortheastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest; Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak Forest

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.

Year-round

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.

Year-roundDeciduous Plantation; Managed Tree Plantation

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (265)

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

  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Year-round.
  • Great Lakes Dune Year-round.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Cliff and Canyon Year-round.
  • Southwestern Great Plains Canyon Year-round.
  • Colorado Plateau Mixed Bedrock Canyon and Tableland Year-round.
  • North Pacific Serpentine Barren Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Limestone Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Plain Oak-Hickory Upland - Juniper Modifier Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • North Pacific Oak Woodland Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Bigtooth Maple Ravine Woodland Year-round.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Northern Hardwoods Forest Year-round.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Eastern Great Plains Tallgrass Aspen Parkland Year-round.
  • South Florida Hardwood Hammock Year-round.
  • Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Chenier and Upper Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Aspen Forest and Parkland Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Dry-Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Madrean Encinal Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Mixed Oak Woodland Year-round.
  • South Florida Pine Rockland Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Year-round.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland Year-round.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Year-round.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
  • Western Great Plains Wooded Draw and Ravine Year-round.
  • Edwards Plateau Dry-Mesic Slope Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Southern Crowley's Ridge Mesic Loess Slope Forest Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Edwards Plateau Mesic Canyon Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
  • Western Great Plains Dry Bur Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Madrean Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Madrean Upper Montane Conifer-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Lower Montane Black Oak-Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • North Pacific Dry Douglas-fir-(Madrone) Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Mixed Evergreen Forest Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Northern Pine-(Oak) Forest Year-round.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Aspen-Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Year-round.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Pine-Hemlock-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Sandhill Oak and Shortleaf Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Northern Crowley's Ridge Sand Forest Year-round.
  • North Pacific Lowland Mixed Hardwood-Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Mesic Serpentine Woodland and Chaparral Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • Florida Longleaf Pine Sandhill - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Western Larch Savanna Year-round.
  • Central and Southern California Mixed Evergreen Woodland Year-round.
  • Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
  • Columbia Plateau Western Juniper Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
  • Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
  • Klamath-Siskiyou Lower Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland Year-round.
  • Klamath-Siskiyou Upper Montane Serpentine Mixed Conifer Woodland Year-round.
  • Madrean Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Dry-Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • California Montane Jeffrey Pine-(Ponderosa Pine) Woodland Year-round.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest Year-round.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine Woodland and Parkland Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Foothill Limber Pine-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Dry-Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Limber-Bristlecone Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Year-round.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Middle Rocky Mountain Montane Douglas-fir Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Sierran-Intermontane Desert Western White Pine-White Fir Woodland Year-round.
  • North Pacific Dry-Mesic Silver Fir-Western Hemlock-Douglas-fir Forest Year-round.
  • Northwestern Great Plains - Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Shortleaf Pine-Bluestem Woodland Year-round.
  • East Cascades Oak-Ponderosa Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine Woodland - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • East Cascades Mesic Montane Mixed-Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Mesic Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Northern California Mesic Subalpine Woodland Year-round.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Mesic Montane Mixed Conifer Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Western Great Plains Sandhill Steppe Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Foothill Conifer Wooded Steppe Year-round.
  • Columbia Plateau Steppe and Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • California Mesic Chaparral Year-round.
  • California Montane Woodland and Chaparral Year-round.
  • Great Basin Semi-Desert Chaparral Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northern and Central California Dry-Mesic Chaparral Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • California Central Valley Mixed Oak Savanna Year-round.
  • California Coastal Live Oak Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
  • California Lower Montane Blue Oak-Foothill Pine Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
  • Southern California Oak Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
  • Willamette Valley Upland Prairie and Savanna Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Year-round.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Year-round.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Year-round.
  • Laurentian Pine-Oak Barrens Year-round.
  • Klamath-Siskiyou Xeromorphic Serpentine Savanna and Chaparral Year-round.
  • Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper Shrubland Year-round.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Juniper Savanna Year-round.
  • Madrean Juniper Savanna Year-round.
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Savanna Year-round.
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Juniper Woodland and Savanna Year-round.
  • Great Lakes Alvar Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Lower Montane-Foothill Shrubland Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak-Mixed Montane Shrubland Year-round.
  • Western Great Plains Mesquite Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Subalpine Meadow Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North Pacific Montane Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane, Foothill and Valley Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Upper Montane Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Mesic Meadow Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Rocky Mountain Montane-Subalpine Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Year-round.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Columbia Basin Foothill and Canyon Dry Grassland Year-round.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Columbia Basin Palouse Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Sand Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
  • Tamaulipan Savanna Grassland Year-round.
  • Tamaulipan Clay Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Year-round.
  • California Mesic Serpentine Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Great Lakes Wet-Mesic Lakeplain Prairie Year-round.
  • California Central Valley and Southern Coastal Grassland Year-round.
  • California Northern Coastal Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Llano Uplift Acidic Forest, Woodland and Glade Year-round.
  • North Pacific Herbaceous Bald and Bluff Year-round.
  • Recently Logged Areas Year-round.
  • Harvested Forest - Northwestern Conifer Regeneration Year-round.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Burned Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Forest Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Recently Chained Pinyon-Juniper Areas Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Year-round.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Year-round.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Lowland Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Year-round.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Willamette Valley Wet Prairie Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Columbia Plateau Silver Sagebrush Seasonally Flooded Shrub-Steppe Year-round.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Year-round.
  • Great Plains Prairie Pothole Year-round, beside its main habitat.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Year-round.
  • California Central Valley Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • North Pacific Lowland Riparian Forest and Shrubland Year-round.
  • North Pacific Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Montane Riparian Systems Year-round.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
  • Tamaulipan Floodplain Year-round.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
  • Laurentian-Acadian Floodplain Systems Year-round.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Year-round.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Year-round.
  • Northern Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Floodplain Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Edwards Plateau Riparian Year-round.
  • Great Basin Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Columbia Basin Foothill Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Woodland Year-round.
  • North American Warm Desert Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Year-round.
  • Rocky Mountain Subalpine-Montane Riparian Shrubland Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Serpentine Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland and Seep Year-round.
  • Northwestern Great Plains Riparian Year-round.
  • Western Great Plains Riparian Woodland and Shrubland Year-round.
  • Mediterranean California Foothill and Lower Montane Riparian Woodland Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Year-round.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Riparian Systems Year-round.
  • North American Warm Desert Riparian Systems Year-round.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Plain Dry Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Offsite Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Year-round.
  • South Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Wet Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna and Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Central Florida Pine Flatwoods Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods Year-round.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loblolly-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Year-round.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Year-round.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods Year-round.

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Also found in this habitat

Plants 1066

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

Wildlife 226

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

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