Habitat in West Virginia
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. Schafale
- Plants
- 36
- Birds
- 27
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Lowbush BlueberryVaccinium angustifolium
- Round Leaf DogwoodCornus rugosa
- Pleatleaf KnotweedPolygonum tenue
- Paper Birch; Canoe BirchBetula papyrifera
- Bristly SarsaparillaAralia hispida
- Allegheny OnionAllium allegheniense
- Large Flower Coreopsis; Large Flowered Coreopsis; Largeflower Coreopsis; Largeflowered Coreopsis; Large Flower Tick Seed; Large Flowered Tick Seed; Largeflower Tick Seed; Largeflowered Tick Seed; Large Flower Tickseed; Large Flowered Tickseed; Largeflower Tickseed; Largeflowered TickseedCoreopsis grandiflora var. grandiflora
- Shale Barren Wild BuckwheatEriogonum allenii
- Mapleleaf GoosefootChenopodium simplex
- Slender False FoxgloveAgalinis tenuifolia
- Round Leaf Fire PinkSilene rotundifolia
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Bearberry, KinnikinickArctostaphylos uva-ursi
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Hairy AlumrootHeuchera villosa
- HarperellaHarperella nodosa
- Branched DrabaDraba ramosissima
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Narrowleaf BluecurlsTrichostema setaceum
- Rock HarlequinCapnoides sempervirens
- Bradley's SpleenwortAsplenium bradleyi
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Lobed SpleenwortAsplenium pinnatifidum
- Mountain SpleenwortAsplenium montanum
- Trudells SpleenwortAsplenium × trudellii
- Appalachian SandwortGeocarpon glabrum
- Greenland SandwortGeocarpon groenlandicum
- Rock SpikemossSelaginella rupestris
- Woolly Beach-heatherHudsonia tomentosa
- Appalachian Cliff FernWoodsia appalachiana
- Appalachian Shoestring FernVittaria appalachiana
- Narrowleaf Cow-wheatMelampyrum lineare
- Hairy LipfernMyriopteris lanosa
- Blackberry-lilyBelamcanda chinensis
- Spring DrabaDraba verna
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 23
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Near water in this habitat 4
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.