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.
- Canada PlumPrunus nigra
- ChokecherryPrunus virginiana var. virginiana
- Fire CherryPrunus pensylvanica
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Woodland SunflowerHelianthus divaricatus
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubus odoratus
- Silky DogwoodCornus obliqua
- Black RaspberryRubus occidentalis
- Giant SunflowerHelianthus giganteus
- Gray DogwoodCornus racemosa
- Bristly BlackberryRubus setosus
- Buffalo CloverTrifolium reflexum
- Cutleaf GoldenrodSolidago arguta
- Downy GoldenrodSolidago puberula
- Early GoldenrodSolidago juncea
- Hairy GoldenrodSolidago hispida var. hispida
- Rubus invisusRubus invisus
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Common Clasping AsterSymphyotrichum patens var. patens
- Old Field AsterSymphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
- Smooth SumacRhus glabra
- Field ThistleCirsium discolor
- Hairy LettuceLactuca hirsuta
- Pasture ThistleCirsium pumilum
- Tall Blue LettuceLactuca biennis
- Tall ThistleCirsium altissimum
- Bicknell's CranesbillGeranium bicknellii
- Scarlet HawthornCrataegus coccinea
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Tall ThoroughwortEupatorium altissimum
- Dodge's HawthornCrataegus dodgei
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Upland BonesetEupatorium sessilifolium
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Lesser SnakerootAgeratina aromatica
- Rough BonesetEupatorium pilosum
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Southern Woodland VioletViola hirsutula
- American Vetch, Purple VetchVicia americana
- Cornel-leaf AsterDoellingeria infirma
- Nodding Evening PrimroseOenothera nutans
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- Halberd-leaf TearthumbPersicaria arifolia
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 90
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- House FinchCarpodacus mexicanus
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.