Habitat in West Virginia
Dry forests and woodlands
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine. Schafale
- Plants
- 192
- Birds
- 127
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- American Basswood; American LindenTilia americana var. heterophylla
- Naked Tick-trefoilDesmodium nudiflorum
- Prostrate Tick-trefoilDesmodium rotundifolium
- Sand Tick-trefoilDesmodium lineatum
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
- Red SprucePicea rubens
- Violet WoodsorrelOxalis violacea
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Longstalk SedgeCarex pedunculata
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Black-edge SedgeCarex nigromarginata
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Fuzzy Wuzzy SedgeCarex hirsutella
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Hitchcock's SedgeCarex hitchcockiana
- Leavenworth's SedgeCarex leavenworthii
- Manhart's SedgeCarex manhartii
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Midland SedgeCarex mesochorea
- Oval-leaf SedgeCarex cephalophora
- Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
- Reflexed SedgeCarex retroflexa
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Slender Woodland SedgeCarex digitalis var. digitalis
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans var. albicans
- Shining BedstrawGalium concinnum
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- Southern LoosestrifeLysimachia tonsa
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Colicroot; Loosescale Gayfeather; Scaly Blazing Star; Colic Root; Loosescale Gay Feather; Scaly BlazingstarLiatris squarrosa var. squarrosa
- Grass Leaf GayfeatherLiatris pilosa
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Kidneyleaf RosinweedSilphium compositum var. reniforme
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- False Solomon's-sealMaianthemum racemosum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Elymus hystrix var. hystrixElymus hystrix var. hystrix
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Zigzag SpiderwortTradescantia subaspera
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 111
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Near water in this habitat 16
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.