HABITAT: Both species occupy longleaf pine-wiregrass flatwoods and savannas in the southeastern coastal plain. These salamanders spend most of their lives underground, in crayfish burrows, root ...

It is on the list of Mammals of Greatest Conservation Need ... In Virginia, it is known from the Piedmont and Coastal Plain, but not from the mountains except for two records.

Birds eat its seeds and mammals eat its twigs. If you live in the Coastal Plain region of Virginia, the department recommends also considering planting Virginia sweetspire. Strawberry bush ...