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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 192
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- American GromwellLithospermum latifolium
- Erect SnoutbeanRhynchosia tomentosa
- Appalachian BunchflowerMelanthium parviflorum
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Slender BunchflowerMelanthium latifolium
- Pursh's Wild-petuniaRuellia purshiana
- Plantain-leaf PussytoesAntennaria plantaginifolia
- Field PussytoesAntennaria neglecta
- Howells PussytoesAntennaria howellii subsp. neodioica
- American WintergreenPyrola americana
- Clasping Venus's-looking-glassTriodanis perfoliata
- Indian-pipeMonotropa uniflora
- Virginia SnakerootAristolochia serpentaria
- Variable-leaf HeartleafHexastylis heterophylla
- Yellow Star-grassHypoxis hirsuta
- American IpecacGillenia stipulata
- Tall Cinquefoil, Sticky CinquefoilDrymocallis arguta
- Hedgehog WoodrushLuzula echinata
- Leggetts Pinweed; Southern Hairy PinweedLechea pulchella var. pulchella
- Northern Green-and-goldChrysogonum virginianum
- Bulbous WoodrushLuzula bulbosa
- Buffalo-nutPyrularia pubera
- Autumn CoralrootCorallorhiza odontorhiza
- Crested CoralrootHexalectris spicata
- Smooth Forked NailwortParonychia canadensis
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Wavyleaf AsterSymphyotrichum undulatum
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Red Oak; Northern Red OakQuercus rubra var. rubra
- Roundleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium rotundifolium
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Hairy Beard TonguePenstemon hirsutus
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Table Mountain PinePinus pungens
- Virginia PinePinus virginiana
- Maryland Golden-asterChrysopsis mariana
- Shinyleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
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 12
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Widespread birds also seen here (49)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- 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
- Fox Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Veery
- 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.













































