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
- Plants
- 102
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 102
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Western DaisyAstranthium integrifolium
- Blackberry-lilyBelamcanda chinensis
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale
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.