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 0
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.