Habitat in West Virginia
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale
- Plants
- 905
- Birds
- 136
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 905
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
- American DragonheadDracocephalum parviflorum
- Annual CandytuftIberis amara
- Annual Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum aristatum
- Apple-of-PeruNicandra physalodes
- Beach WormwoodArtemisia stelleriana
- Bermuda GrassCynodon dactylon
- Biennial Wormwood; Biennial Worm WoodArtemisia biennis
- Bird's-eye SpeedwellVeronica persica
- Bitter DockRumex obtusifolius
- Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris
- Blessed Milk-thistleSilybum marianum
- Blue Field-madderSherardia arvensis
- Blue MustardChorispora tenella
- BorageBorago officinalis
- Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
- Bristly Dog's-tailCynosurus echinatus
- Brown BentgrassAgrostis canina
- BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum
- Buffalo-bur NightshadeSolanum rostratum
- Bur ChervilAnthriscus caucalis
- Burning NettleUrtica urens
- Carpet-bugleAjuga reptans
- CeleryApium graveolens
- Childing PinkPetrorhagia prolifera
- Clasping PepperweedLepidium perfoliatum
- Common Canary-grassPhalaris canariensis
- Common CarawayCarum carvi
- Common CottonroseFilago vulgaris
- Common DandelionTaraxacum officinale
- Common FlaxLinum usitatissimum
- Common GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Common HorehoundMarrubium vulgare
- Common MallowMalva neglecta
- Common MotherwortLeonurus cardiaca
- Common OatAvena sativa
- Common PlantainPlantago major
- Common SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 68
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
Near water in this habitat 27
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (41)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-throated Sparrow
- 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.










































































