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 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.













































