Habitat in West Virginia
Moist forests
Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines. Schafale
- Plants
- 328
- Birds
- 111
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- White AshFraxinus americana
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Schrebers Wood AsterEurybia schreberi
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Devil's-walkingstickAralia spinosa
- Thicket CreeperParthenocissus vitacea
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis
- Fewflower Tick-trefoilDesmodium pauciflorum
- Yellow BuckeyeAesculus flava
- Fraser MagnoliaMagnolia fraseri
- Purple BurgamotMonarda media
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Umbrella MagnoliaMagnolia tripetala
- CoralberrySymphoricarpos orbiculatus
- American Basswood; American LindenTilia americana var. heterophylla
- Naked Tick-trefoilDesmodium nudiflorum
- Ohio BuckeyeAesculus glabra var. glabra
- Pointedleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium glutinosum
- Smooth Carrion-flowerSmilax herbacea
- Bigtooth AspenPopulus grandidentata
- Blue Ridge Carrion-flowerSmilax lasioneura
- Narrowleaf RampsAllium tricoccum var. burdickii
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
- Coupled SedgeCarex laxiculmis var. copulata
- Poke MilkweedAsclepias exaltata
- Shorts SedgeCarex shortiana
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- American Hop-hornbeamOstrya virginiana
- American Mountain-ashSorbus americana
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Lobed TickseedCoreopsis auriculata
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Star ChickweedStellaria pubera
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Violet WoodsorrelOxalis violacea
- Bristly ButtercupRanunculus hispidus
- Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
- Early BluegrassPoa cuspidata
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Longstalk SedgeCarex pedunculata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 96
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
Near water in this habitat 15
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
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.