Habitat in West Virginia
Forests and woodlands
Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry. Schafale
- Plants
- 646
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 646
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Low FrostweedCrocanthemum propinquum
- Marginal Wood-fernDryopteris marginalis
- Yellow PimpernelTaenidia integerrima
- Bluntleaf WaterleafHydrophyllum canadense
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Northern Nodding TrilliumTrillium cernuum
- Canada RockcressBorodinia canadensis
- Snow TrilliumTrillium nivale
- Oval Ladies TressesSpiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
- Southern Slender Ladies TressesSpiranthes lacera var. gracilis
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Carolina FoxtailAlopecurus carolinianus
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
- American GinsengPanax quinquefolius
- Ebony SpleenwortAsplenium platyneuron
- Green-violetHybanthus concolor
- Common Rose-pinkSabatia angularis
- Dwarf GinsengPanax trifolius
- American DittanyCunila origanoides
- Thyme-leaf PinweedLechea minor
- Canadian AnemoneAnemonastrum canadense
- Partridge-berryMitchella repens
- Pennsylvania Ground-pineDendrolycopodium hickeyi
- Running ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Twoleaf MiterwortMitella diphylla
- Allegheny-vineAdlumia fungosa
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Downy Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera pubescens
- Eastern TurkeybeardXerophyllum asphodeloides
- Narrowleaf Cow-wheatMelampyrum lineare
- Southern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum
- Speckled Wood-lilyClintonia umbellulata
- Three-flower MelicgrassMelica nitens
- Two-flower MelicgrassMelica mutica
- Rough Rattlesnake RootPrenanthes aspera
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubus odoratus
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Slender GoldenrodSolidago erecta
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Washington HawthornCrataegus phaenopyrum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- White SnakerootAgeratina altissima
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesquianum
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in West Virginia yet.
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.