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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 328
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Cerastium nutans var. nutansCerastium nutans var. nutans
- Slender Mountain-mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium
- Allegheny HawkweedHieracium paniculatum
- Hairy SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
- Kentucky SkullcapScutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta
- Woodland AgrimonyAgrimonia rostellata
- Filmy AngelicaAngelica triquinata
- Slender BunchflowerMelanthium latifolium
- Virginia Springbeauty; Virginia Spring BeautyClaytonia virginica var. virginica
- Wood AnemoneAnemone quinquefolia
- Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorumCypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
- Large Solomons Seal; King Solomons SealPolygonatum biflorum var. commutatum
- Bushs MuhlyMuhlenbergia bushii
- Large Round-leaved OrchidPlatanthera orbiculata
- Slim-flower MuhlyMuhlenbergia tenuiflora
- Canada HorsebalmCollinsonia canadensis
- Large-flowered TrilliumTrillium grandiflorum
- Barksdale TrilliumTrillium sulcatum
- Sessile-leaf BellwortUvularia sessilifolia
- Eastern LeatherwoodDirca palustris
- Silvery SpleenwortDeparia acrostichoides
- Goosefoot Cornsalad; Goose Foot Cornsalad; Goosefoot Corn Salad; Goose Foot Corn SaladValerianella chenopodiifolia
- Indian-pipeMonotropa uniflora
- Virginia SnakerootAristolochia serpentaria
- Canadian Black Snake RootSanicula canadensis var. canadensis
- Small's Black-snakerootSanicula smallii
- Variable-leaf HeartleafHexastylis heterophylla
- Yellow Star-grassHypoxis hirsuta
- Common Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
- Appalachian Rockcap FernPolypodium appalachianum
- One-seed Bur-cucumberSicyos angulatus
- Dutchman's BreechesDicentra cucullaria
- False Rue-anemoneEnemion biternatum
- Virginia StickseedHackelia virginiana
- Hedgehog WoodrushLuzula echinata
- Squirrel CornDicentra canadensis
- Buffalo-nutPyrularia pubera
- Autumn CoralrootCorallorhiza odontorhiza
- Devil's-bitChamaelirium luteum
- Fourleaf Wild YamDioscorea quaternata
- Hairy-fruit ChervilChaerophyllum tainturieri
- Lowland Bladder FernCystopteris protrusa
- Purple TwaybladeLiparis liliifolia
- Shiny WedgescaleSphenopholis nitida
- Small Whorled PogoniaIsotria medeoloides
- Spotted Coral Root; Summer Coral RootCorallorhiza maculata var. maculata
- Spring CoralrootCorallorhiza wisteriana
- Virginia PennywortObolaria virginica
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 61
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Near water in this habitat 12
These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Widespread birds also seen here (38)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- 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)
- Woods Scene, Harvey Joiner habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.



















































































