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
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RedheadAythya americana
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
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.