Habitat in West Virginia
Mountain balds
Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains. Schafale
- Plants
- 65
- Birds
- 67
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 65
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Pinebarren Death-camasStenanthium leimanthoides
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- Appalachian GooseberryRibes rotundifolium
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Fringed BromeBromus ciliatus
- Thymeleaf BluetHoustonia serpyllifolia
- Daisyleaf MoonwortBotrychium matricariifolium
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
- Red SprucePicea rubens
- Cow-parsnipHeracleum maximum
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Pink TurtleheadChelone lyonii
- Meadow HawkweedHieracium caespitosum
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Near water in this habitat 4
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Widespread birds also seen here (39)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Turkey Vulture
- Veery
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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.