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.
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Narrowleaf Whitetop AsterSericocarpus linifolius
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus caespitosus
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Carolina LilyLilium michauxii
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Spring Forget-me-notMyosotis verna
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium traillii
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
- Allegheny HawkweedHieracium paniculatum
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium marianum
- Rattlesnake HawkweedHieracium venosum
- Rough HawkweedHieracium scabrum
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Hairy SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
- Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana var. incana
- Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana var. punctata
- Kentucky SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- American GromwellLithospermum latifolium
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Porter's ReedgrassCalamagrostis porteri
- Tall BellflowerCampanulastrum americanum
- Erect SnoutbeanRhynchosia tomentosa
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Eastern BrackenPteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Appalachian BunchflowerMelanthium parviflorum
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Lanceleaf FigwortScrophularia lanceolata
- Purple LovegrassEragrostis spectabilis
- Slender BunchflowerMelanthium latifolium
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Pursh's Wild-petuniaRuellia purshiana
- Plantain-leaf PussytoesAntennaria plantaginifolia
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
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.