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 Basswood; American LindenTilia americana var. heterophylla
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Fuzzy Wuzzy SedgeCarex hirsutella
- Midland SedgeCarex mesochorea
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans var. albicans
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Grass Leaf GayfeatherLiatris pilosa
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Kidneyleaf RosinweedSilphium compositum var. reniforme
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus caespitosus
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium traillii
- Nodding FescueFestuca subverticillata
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium marianum
- Rattlesnake HawkweedHieracium venosum
- Rough HawkweedHieracium scabrum
- Hoary PuccoonLithospermum canescens
- Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana var. incana
- Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana var. punctata
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Eastern BrackenPteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Lanceleaf FigwortScrophularia lanceolata
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Mullein FoxgloveDasistoma macrophyllum
- Yellow PimpernelTaenidia integerrima
- Waxflower ShinleafPyrola elliptica
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- Green-violetHybanthus concolor
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Blue Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum tristachyum
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera pubescens
- Eastern TurkeybeardXerophyllum asphodeloides
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
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.







































