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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 109
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Creeping Love GrassNeeragrostis reptans
- Missouri VioletViola missouriensis
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Narrow-panicle RushJuncus tweedyi
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Short's Hedge-hyssopGratiola viscidula
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Bulb-bearing Water-hemlockCicuta bulbifera
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Creeping Manna GrassGlyceria acutiflora
- Branched Bur ReedSparganium androcladum
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Lizard's-tailSaururus cernuus
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- European WatercloverMarsilea quadrifolia
- Sacred LotusNelumbo nucifera
- Lawn Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 59
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Widespread birds also seen here (6)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
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.