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.
- Canadian BluetHoustonia canadensis
- Erect SnoutbeanRhynchosia tomentosa
- Common Threeseed MercuryAcalypha rhomboidea
- Slender Threeseed MercuryAcalypha gracilens
- Virginia Threeseed MercuryAcalypha virginica
- Woodland AgrimonyAgrimonia rostellata
- Appalachian BunchflowerMelanthium parviflorum
- Pursh's Wild-petuniaRuellia purshiana
- Smooth Wild-petuniaRuellia strepens
- Loose MilkwortSenega ambigua
- Racemed MilkwortSenega polygama
- Appalachian GentianGentiana austromontana
- Eastern TeaberryGaultheria procumbens
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorumCypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
- Dwarf AnemoneAnemone quinquefolia var. minima
- Rock MuhlyMuhlenbergia sobolifera
- Hairy Sweet-cicelyOsmorhiza claytonii
- American AlumrootHeuchera americana
- Black CohoshActaea racemosa
- Downy AlumrootHeuchera pubescens
- Intermediate Wood-fernDryopteris intermedia
- Virginia Dwarf-dandelionKrigia virginica
- Largeleaf WaterleafHydrophyllum macrophyllum
- American PennyroyalHedeoma pulegioides
- American WintergreenPyrola americana
- Little Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes tuberosa
- Hairy WoodmintBlephilia hirsuta
- Northern Barren-strawberryWaldsteinia fragarioides
- PipevineIsotrema macrophyllum
- Canada MoonseedMenispermum canadense
- Large-flower HeartleafHexastylis shuttleworthii
- Largefruit Black-snakerootSanicula trifoliata
- American IpecacGillenia stipulata
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
- Needletip Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium mucronatum
- Virginia StickseedHackelia virginiana
- Carolina Leaf-flowerPhyllanthus caroliniensis
- Northern Green-and-goldChrysogonum virginianum
- White Death-camasAnticlea elegans
- Waterpod; Aunt Lucy; Water PodEllisia nyctelea
- Bluntlobe GrapefernBotrychium oneidense
- Narrow Triangle MoonwortBotrychium lanceolatum var. angustisegmentum
- Southern Ground-cedarDiphasiastrum digitatum
- Spreading ChervilChaerophyllum procumbens
- Yellow MandarinProsartes lanuginosa
- Bayard's Adder's-mouthMalaxis bayardii
- Common Hairy Forked NailwortParonychia fastigiata var. fastigiata
- Crested CoralrootHexalectris spicata
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.