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.
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Awned SedgeCarex atherodes
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Cow-parsnipHeracleum maximum
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Annual HonestyLunaria annua
- Annual Marsh-elderIva annua
- Carolina Pony's-footDichondra carolinensis
- Common RueRuta graveolens
- Creeping DayflowerCommelina diffusa
- Fiddle DockRumex pulcher
- Jack In The PulpitArisaema triphyllum subsp. quinatum
- Sand DropseedSporobolus cryptandrus
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Tiny MousetailMyosurus minimus
- Windmill GrassChloris verticillata
- Blue Ridge Golden-bannerThermopsis villosa
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Creeping CucumberMelothria pendula
- European CornsaladValerianella locusta
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- Purple-osier WillowSalix purpurea
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- David's SpurgeEuphorbia davidii
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
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.
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
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.











































