Habitat in West Virginia
Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rock
Open, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 79
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- Smooth RockcressBorodinia laevigata
- Mountain PimpernelTaenidia montana
- Eastern Feather BellsStenanthium gramineum var. gramineum
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Green MilkweedAsclepias viridiflora
- Old-pasture BluegrassPoa saltuensis
- Rock ButtercupRanunculus micranthus
- Maryland SennaSenna marilandica
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. mollis
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Porter's ReedgrassCalamagrostis porteri
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
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.