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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 204
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Heartleaf PeppervineAmpelopsis cordata
- Sword-leaf PhloxPhlox buckleyi
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Mountain Golden-AlexandersZizia trifoliata
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus caespitosus
- Vasevine LeatherflowerClematis viorna
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata
- Hogpeanut; American Hogpeanut; Hog Peanut; American Hog PeanutAmphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa
- Thinleaf Mountain-mintPycnanthemum montanum
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium marianum
- Rattlesnake HawkweedHieracium venosum
- Rough HawkweedHieracium scabrum
- Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Lanceleaf FigwortScrophularia lanceolata
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- Curtiss's MilkwortSenega curtissii
- False BonesetBrickellia eupatorioides
- Canada FrostweedCrocanthemum canadense
- Bowman's-rootGillenia trifoliata
- Blue Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum tristachyum
- Cutleaf GrapefernBotrychium dissectum
- Pennsylvania Ground-pineDendrolycopodium hickeyi
- Southern GrapefernBotrychium biternatum
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubus odoratus
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Bigtooth AspenPopulus grandidentata
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- American BarberryBerberis canadensis
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- Stiff AsterIonactis linariifolia
- Lindheimers Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
- Western Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum
- Eastern OxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides var. helianthoides
- Canada LilyLilium canadense
- Beaked HawkweedHieracium gronovii
- Virginia DayflowerCommelina virginica
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 46
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Hoary RedpollCarduelis hornemanni
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Near water in this habitat 9
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Northern ParulaParula americana
Widespread birds also seen here (46)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- 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
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- 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)
- Landscape label QS:Lit,"Paesaggio" label QS:Lhu,"Tájkép" label QS:Lca,"Paisatge" label QS:Lde,"Landschaft" label QS:Lpt,"Paisagem" label QS:Lda,"Landskab" label QS:Lsl,"Krajina" label QS:Lja,"風景" label QS:Lsv,"Landskap" label QS:Lpl,"Pejzaż" label QS:Luk,"Пейзаж" label QS:Lnl,"Landschap" label QS:Les,"Paisaje" label QS:Ltr,"Manzara" label QS:Lfi,"Maisema" label QS:Len,"Landscape" label QS:Lfr,"Paysage" label QS:Lmk,"Предел" label QS:Lru,"Пейзаж", Paul Sawyier habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.



















































































