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.
- Toothed SpurgeEuphorbia dentata
- Fringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Limestone BittercressCardamine douglassii
- Great Indian-plantainArnoglossum reniforme
- Hairy Woodland BromeBromus pubescens
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Allegheny Monkey FlowerMimulus ringens var. ringens
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. australis
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Roadside AgrimonyAgrimonia striata
- Swamp AgrimonyAgrimonia parviflora
- Jacobs Ladder; Greek ValerianPolemonium reptans var. reptans
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Virginia WaterleafHydrophyllum virginianum
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- MayapplePodophyllum peltatum
- Pennsylvania PellitoryParietaria pensylvanica
- Rough AvensGeum laciniatum
- Beaked CornsaladValerianella radiata
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Navel CornsaladValerianella umbilicata
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium filix-femina subsp. asplenioides
- Carolina FoxtailAlopecurus carolinianus
- Yellow FumewortCorydalis flavula
- Bears FootSmallanthus uvedalia
- Dwarf GinsengPanax trifolius
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Ditch-stonecropPenthorum sedoides
- Southern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
- Sweet Indian-plantainHasteola suaveolens
- Purple RocketIodanthus pinnatifidus
- Black CherryPrunus serotina var. serotina
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
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.
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- American CootFulica americana
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
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.











































































