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.
- Sessile Fruit ArrowheadSagittaria rigida
- American Barnyard GrassEchinochloa muricata var. microstachya
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
- Ludwigia grandifloraLudwigia grandiflora
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Brittle WaternymphNajas minor
- Eurasian Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum
- Curly PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
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.