Habitat in West Virginia
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs. Schafale
- Plants
- 109
- Birds
- 65
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Missouri VioletViola missouriensis
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Northern St. John's-wortHypericum boreale
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Southern Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum tubulosum
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- White Water CrowfootRanunculus longirostris
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Engelmann's ArrowheadSagittaria engelmanniana
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Bulb-bearing Water-hemlockCicuta bulbifera
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Narrow-panicle RushJuncus tweedyi
- Whiteroot RushJuncus brachycarpus
- Stiff Yellow FlaxLinum medium
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Creeping Manna GrassGlyceria acutiflora
- Northeastern BulrushScirpus ancistrochaetus
- Branched Bur ReedSparganium androcladum
- Floating MannagrassGlyceria septentrionalis
- Pale False MannagrassTorreyochloa pallida
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Oakes' pondweedPotamogeton oakesianus
- Spiral Pondweed, Northern Snailseed PondweedPotamogeton spirillus
- American LotusNelumbo lutea
- Floating PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 65
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American WigeonAnas americana
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
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.