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.
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Bigtooth AspenPopulus grandidentata
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Frightful SedgeCarex molestiformis
- Pointed Broom SedgeCarex scoparia
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Ashy HydrangeaHydrangea cinerea
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Lindheimers Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
- Western Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Red MulberryMorus rubra
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Goat's-rueTephrosia virginiana
- American Water-pennywortHydrocotyle americana
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Branched Bur ReedSparganium androcladum
- Mosquito BulrushScirpus hattorianus
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
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.



























































