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.
- Shriver's Frilly OrchidPlatanthera shriveri
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Tower MustardTurritis glabra
- Oblong-fruit PinweedLechea racemulosa
- Grove Sandwort, Blunt-leaf SandwortMoehringia lateriflora
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Old-pasture BluegrassPoa saltuensis
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
- Openfield SedgeCarex conoidea
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Thymeleaf BluetHoustonia serpyllifolia
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Eastern Hay-scented FernSitobolium punctilobulum
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Daisyleaf MoonwortBotrychium matricariifolium
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Cow-parsnipHeracleum maximum
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.



























































