Habitat in West Virginia
Rich cove forests
Sheltered, moist mountain hollows and lower slopes with deep, fertile soil. Schafale
- Plants
- 77
- Birds
- 103
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Black CherryPrunus serotina var. serotina
- Red Oak; Northern Red OakQuercus rubra var. rubra
- Black MapleAcer nigrum
- Hairy Fleabane; Robins PlantainErigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Appalachian Joe-pye-weedEutrochium steelei
- Roundleaf Yellow VioletViola rotundifolia
- Spotted Joe Pye WeedEutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- Appalachian VioletViola appalachiensis
- Canada VioletViola canadensis
- Halberd-leaf Yellow VioletViola hastata
- Long-spurred VioletViola rostrata
- Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- White AshFraxinus americana
- Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis
- Yellow BuckeyeAesculus flava
- American Basswood; American LindenTilia americana var. heterophylla
- Narrowleaf RampsAllium tricoccum var. burdickii
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Red RampsAllium tricoccum
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- Red SprucePicea rubens
- Star ChickweedStellaria pubera
- Tennessee StarwortStellaria corei
- Allegheny Mountain ButtercupRanunculus allegheniensis
- Broadleaf SedgeCarex platyphylla
- Grove BluegrassPoa alsodes
- Hooked Buttercup; Recurved ButtercuoRanunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
- Plantainleaf SedgeCarex plantaginea
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- Fraser's SedgeCarex fraseriana
- Manhart's SedgeCarex manhartii
- Pretty SedgeCarex woodii
- Purple SedgeCarex purpurifera
- Roan Mountain SedgeCarex roanensis
- White Bear SedgeCarex albursina
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia tetraptera
- Fringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata
- Blue Ridge BittercressCardamine flagellifera
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
- Fernleaf PhaceliaPhacelia bipinnatifida
- Great Indian-plantainArnoglossum reniforme
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Canada LilyLilium canadense
- Carolina Spring-beautyClaytonia caroliniana
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 90
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Near water in this habitat 13
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.