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.
- Mountain PimpernelTaenidia montana
- GalaxGalax urceolata
- Eastern Feather BellsStenanthium gramineum var. gramineum
- Oblong-fruit PinweedLechea racemulosa
- Littlehead NutrushScleria oligantha
- Bluebead-lilyClintonia borealis
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Appalachian GooseberryRibes rotundifolium
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Beaked Hazel Nut; Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornuta var. cornuta
- Old-pasture BluegrassPoa saltuensis
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
- Summer SedgeCarex aestivalis
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Lyreleaf SageSalvia lyrata
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Bosc's WitchgrassDichanthelium boscii
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Appalachian Small Flower PhaceliaPhacelia dubia var. dubia
- Fringed BromeBromus ciliatus
- Trumpet-creeperCampsis radicans
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- Silky OatgrassDanthonia sericea
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Eastern Hay-scented FernSitobolium punctilobulum
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
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.