Habitat in West Virginia
Oak savannas and openings
Open-grown oaks over grass and wildflowers, kept open by fire or thin soil; not the treeless prairies or the Coastal Plain's pine savannas. Weakley
- Plants
- 8
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Thinleaf SunflowerHelianthus decapetalus
- Littlehip HawthornCrataegus spathulata
- Hyssopleaf ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium
- Davis SedgeCarex davisii
- Eastern Straw SedgeCarex straminea
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
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
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat wording 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.