Habitat in West Virginia
Forest edges and thickets
Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets. Schafale
- Plants
- 204
- Birds
- 101
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Short Sepal Beard TonguePenstemon brevisepalus
- Yellow Wild IndigoBaptisia tinctoria
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Common SneezeweedHelenium autumnale
- Eastern Gray BeardtonguePenstemon canescens
- Slender LespedezaLespedeza virginica
- Trailing LespedezaLespedeza procumbens
- Virginia SpiraeaSpiraea virginiana
- Bristly SarsaparillaAralia hispida
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Creeping LespedezaLespedeza repens
- Drummond's St. John's-wortHypericum drummondii
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Spotted St. John's-wortHypericum punctatum
- Tall LespedezaLespedeza stuevei
- Thicket BeanPhaseolus polystachios
- Violet LespedezaLespedeza frutescens
- Wand LespedezaLespedeza violacea
- Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium ciliare
- Hoary Tick-trefoilDesmodium canescens
- Largebract Tick-trefoilDesmodium cuspidatum
- Nuttall's Tick-trefoilDesmodium nuttallii
- Panicled Tick TrefoilDesmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
- Perplexed Tick-trefoilDesmodium perplexum
- Smooth Small-leaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium marilandicum
- Smooth Tick-trefoilDesmodium laevigatum
- Stiff Tick-trefoilDesmodium obtusum
- Tall Tick-trefoilDesmodium glabellum
- Velvety Tick-trefoilDesmodium viridiflorum
- Bigtooth AspenPopulus grandidentata
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Fourleaf MilkweedAsclepias quadrifolia
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Poke MilkweedAsclepias exaltata
- Beaked Hazel Nut; Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornuta var. cornuta
- Old-pasture BluegrassPoa saltuensis
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Parachute SedgeCarex tonsa var. rugosperma
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 90
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hoary RedpollCarduelis hornemanni
Near water in this habitat 11
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.