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.
- Yellow YamDioscorea villosa
- Bentley's CoralrootCorallorhiza bentleyi
- Western BeakgrainDiarrhena obovata
- Flowering DogwoodCornus florida
- White Arrowleaf AsterSymphyotrichum urophyllum
- Pink AzaleaRhododendron periclymenoides
- Smooth Yellow VioletViola pubescens var. scabriuscula
- Red Oak; Northern Red OakQuercus rubra var. rubra
- Hairy Fleabane; Robins PlantainErigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Dodge's HawthornCrataegus dodgei
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Pear HawthornCrataegus calpodendron
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- American Dog VioletViola labradorica
- Arrowleaf VioletViola sagittata
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Long-spurred VioletViola rostrata
- Striped Cream VioletViola striata
- Mapleleaf ViburnumViburnum acerifolium
- Prickly GooseberryRibes cynosbati
- Wild Black CurrantRibes americanum
- Common Cut Leaf Coneflower; Green Head ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
- Eastern White PinePinus strobus
- Thicket CreeperParthenocissus vitacea
- Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis
- American Basswood; American LindenTilia americana var. heterophylla
- Ohio BuckeyeAesculus glabra var. glabra
- Narrowleaf RampsAllium tricoccum var. burdickii
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
- Shorts SedgeCarex shortiana
- American Mountain-ashSorbus americana
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- Star ChickweedStellaria pubera
- Kidneyleaf ButtercupRanunculus abortivus
- Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Frank's SedgeCarex frankii
- Fuzzy Wuzzy SedgeCarex hirsutella
- Inflated Narrow Leaf SedgeCarex grisea
- Midland SedgeCarex mesochorea
- Epling's Hedge-nettleStachys eplingii
- Flowering Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis florida
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia tetraptera
- Tinted SpurgeEuphorbia commutata
- American HazelnutCorylus americana
- Fringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata
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.





























































































