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.
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Common Rough FleabaneErigeron strigosus var. strigosus
- Hairy Fleabane; Robins PlantainErigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
- Philadelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Spanish-needlesBidens bipinnata
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Nodding BeggarticksBidens cernua
- Purplestem BeggarticksBidens connata
- Strawstem BeggarticksBidens tripartita
- Tall BeggarticksBidens vulgata
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- Tall ThoroughwortEupatorium altissimum
- Dodge's HawthornCrataegus dodgei
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Bushy KnotweedPolygonum ramosissimum subsp. prolificum
- Carey's KnotweedPersicaria careyi
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Hyssopleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Striped Cream VioletViola striata
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Pale SmartweedPersicaria lapathifolia
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Biennial BeeblossomGaura biennis
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Carolina VetchVicia caroliniana
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dwarf CinquefoilPotentilla canadensis
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Kansas HawthornCrataegus coccinioides
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Missouri GooseberryRibes missouriense
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Nodding Evening PrimroseOenothera nutans
- Northern Evening-primroseOenothera parviflora
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 108
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
Near water in this habitat 28
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.