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.
- Sword-leaf PhloxPhlox buckleyi
- Purple False FoxgloveAgalinis purpurea
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Grass Leaf GayfeatherLiatris pilosa
- Kidneyleaf RosinweedSilphium compositum var. reniforme
- Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanica
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Fire PinkSilene virginica var. virginica
- Forked Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Forked Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
- Roundseed WitchgrassDichanthelium sphaerocarpon
- Starved WitchgrassDichanthelium depauperatum
- Woolly WitchgrassDichanthelium scabriusculum
- Bearberry, KinnikinickArctostaphylos uva-ursi
- Coastal Virgin's-bowerClematis catesbyana
- Mountain Golden-AlexandersZizia trifoliata
- Vasevine LeatherflowerClematis viorna
- Palespike LobeliaLobelia spicata
- Eastern ColumbineAquilegia canadensis
- Indian-tobaccoLobelia inflata
- Thinleaf Mountain-mintPycnanthemum montanum
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- Maryland HawkweedHieracium traillii
- Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana var. incana
- Hoary SkullcapScutellaria incana var. punctata
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. australis
- Veined SkullcapScutellaria nervosa
- American BittersweetCelastrus scandens
- Carolina Elephant's-footElephantopus carolinianus
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Manyflower FlatsedgeCyperus lancastriensis
- Silver PlumegrassErianthus alopecuroides
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Downy AgrimonyAgrimonia pubescens
- Eastern BrackenPteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum
- Flattened OatgrassDanthonia compressa
- Smallfruit AgrimonyAgrimonia microcarpa
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Jacobs Ladder; Greek ValerianPolemonium reptans var. reptans
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Carolina Wild-petuniaRuellia caroliniensis
- New York FernAmauropelta noveboracensis
- Hairy Solomon's-sealPolygonatum pubescens
- Thimble Weed; Tall AnemoneAnemone virginiana var. virginiana
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Virginia WaterleafHydrophyllum virginianum
- Canada FrostweedCrocanthemum canadense
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.