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.
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Purple Stem Aster; Swamp Aster; Bristly AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Field ThistleCirsium discolor
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Pasture ThistleCirsium pumilum
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Tall ThistleCirsium altissimum
- Devil's BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Scarlet HawthornCrataegus coccinea
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Hairy Fleabane; Robins PlantainErigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Nodding BeggarticksBidens cernua
- Purplestem BeggarticksBidens connata
- Strawstem BeggarticksBidens tripartita
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- Tall ThoroughwortEupatorium altissimum
- Dodge's HawthornCrataegus dodgei
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- Hyssopleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Striped Cream VioletViola striata
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Biennial BeeblossomGaura biennis
- Kansas HawthornCrataegus coccinioides
- Missouri GooseberryRibes missouriense
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Hairy Beard TonguePenstemon hirsutus
- Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia tinctoria
- Shortleaf PinePinus echinata
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Thicket CreeperParthenocissus vitacea
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Eastern Gray BeardtonguePenstemon canescens
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Pale BeardtonguePenstemon pallidus
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
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.

























































































