Habitat in West Virginia
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time. Schafale
- Plants
- 303
- Birds
- 143
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 303
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Short's ChervilChaerophyllum procumbens var. shortii
- Western BeakgrainDiarrhena obovata
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Running Buffalo CloverTrifolium stoloniferum
- Sweet CrabappleMalus coronaria
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Missouri VioletViola missouriensis
- Smooth Yellow VioletViola pubescens var. scabriuscula
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Eastern BoxelderAcer negundo var. negundo
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Littlehip HawthornCrataegus spathulata
- Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatum
- Wild Black CurrantRibes americanum
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Slippery ElmUlmus rubra
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Thicket CreeperParthenocissus vitacea
- Northern MaleberryLyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina
- Red Buckeye; Scarlet BuckeyeAesculus pavia var. pavia
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Balsam PoplarPopulus balsamifera
- Shorts SedgeCarex shortiana
- Common HackberryCeltis occidentalis
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Long Leaf StarwortStellaria longifolia
- Star ChickweedStellaria pubera
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Graceful SedgeCarex gracillima
- Inflated Narrow Leaf SedgeCarex grisea
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia tetraptera
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 105
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- 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
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- 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
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.




















































































