Habitat in West Virginia
Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone
Open, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Kates Mountain CloverTrifolium virginicum
- Midwestern Stiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum
- Round Leaf DogwoodCornus rugosa
- Autumn GoldenrodSolidago sphacelata
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Pringles Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei
- Dwarf Chinquapin OakQuercus prinoides
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Prostrate Blue VioletViola walteri
- Roundleaf ServiceberryAmelanchier sanguinea
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- Smoke Hole BergamotMonarda brevis
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Glade Wild QuinineParthenium auriculatum
- Allegheny OnionAllium allegheniense
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Troublesome SedgeCarex molesta
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Parasol SedgeCarex umbellata
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- Shale Barren BindweedCalystegia spithamaea subsp. stans
- Ashy HydrangeaHydrangea cinerea
- Northern Toothache TreeZanthoxylum americanum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Leonard's SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
- Canada YewTaxus canadensis
- Arkansas CalamintClinopodium arkansanum
- Canadian BluetHoustonia canadensis
- Houghton's FlatsedgeCyperus houghtonii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in West Virginia yet.
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)
- Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Mason Brock (Masebrock) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.