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.
- Speckled Wood-lilyClintonia umbellulata
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Allegheny ServiceberryAmelanchier laevis
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesquianum
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- CrossvineBignonia capreolata
- Summer BluetHoustonia purpurea
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- NimblewillMuhlenbergia schreberi
- GalaxGalax urceolata
- Oblong-fruit PinweedLechea racemulosa
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. saccharum
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Eastern Hay-scented FernSitobolium punctilobulum
- Daisyleaf MoonwortBotrychium matricariifolium
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Red SprucePicea rubens
- Porter's ReedgrassCalamagrostis porteri
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Coral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirens
- Blackberry-lilyBelamcanda chinensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 76
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Near water in this habitat 13
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
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Widespread birds also seen here (38)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- 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.










































































