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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 77
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Roan Mountain SedgeCarex roanensis
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia tetraptera
- Fringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata
- Great Indian-plantainArnoglossum reniforme
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- Carolina Spring-beautyClaytonia caroliniana
- Hairy Solomon's-sealPolygonatum pubescens
- Virginia WaterleafHydrophyllum virginianum
- Bluntleaf WaterleafHydrophyllum canadense
- American GinsengPanax quinquefolius
- Dwarf GinsengPanax trifolius
- False Goat's-beardAstilbe biternata
- Black CherryPrunus serotina var. serotina
- Spotted Joe Pye WeedEutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- Appalachian VioletViola appalachiensis
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- Grove BluegrassPoa alsodes
- Hooked Buttercup; Recurved ButtercuoRanunculus recurvatus var. recurvatus
- Blue Ridge BittercressCardamine flagellifera
- Woodland StonecropSedum ternatum
- Canada LilyLilium canadense
- Goldie's Wood-fernDryopteris goldieana
- Southern Blue MonkshoodAconitum uncinatum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Red SprucePicea rubens
- Pink TurtleheadChelone lyonii
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 55
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Near water in this habitat 10
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Widespread birds also seen here (38)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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.



















































































