Virginia Natural Heritage Data Explorer

Welcome to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Natural Heritage Data Explorer

This site provides interactive access to various map data representing Natural Heritage resources and other conservation values in Virginia.

This site should be viewed in Firefox version 3.6 or higher, Google Chrome, or Safari version 3 or higher.

Open Access:  You do not need to register for use, nor log in, if you are interested in using the site for land use planning or conservation planning.  Anyone can freely view and create maps of conservation status and conservation values, by clicking the “Map” tab above.  Click the "Species/Community Search" tab to search our database and create summaries of Natural Heritage Resources (i.e. rare species populations and natural communities) by conservation status ranks, counties, watersheds, and other descriptors.

Visit our homepage, for more information on the Virginia DCR – Division of Natural Heritage.