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.
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- Sidebeak Pencil-flowerStylosanthes biflora
- Tower MustardTurritis glabra
- Oblong-fruit PinweedLechea racemulosa
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Beaked Hazel Nut; Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornuta var. cornuta
- Old-pasture BluegrassPoa saltuensis
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Eastern Hay-scented FernSitobolium punctilobulum
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Cow-parsnipHeracleum maximum
- Porter's ReedgrassCalamagrostis porteri
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Crossleaf HeathErica tetralix
- Chesapeake BlackberryRubus pascuus
- Commom DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- European Climbing BuckwheatFallopia dumetorum
- Matrimony VineLycium barbarum
- Orchard GrassDactylis glomerata
- PeachPrunus persica
- Scotch BroomCytisus scoparius
- Water Foxtail GrassAlopecurus geniculatus
- American Woodland StrawberryFragaria vesca subsp. americana
- Blue Ridge Golden-bannerThermopsis villosa
- FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
- Indian HeliotropeHeliotropium indicum
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Porcelain-berryAmpelopsis glandulosa
- Red Morning-gloryIpomoea coccinea
- Western OxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
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.






































