Habitat in West Virginia
Prairies and grasslands
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Prairie GoldenrodOligoneuron album
- Aromatic AsterSymphyotrichum oblongifolium
- New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
- Prairie Red RootCeanothus herbaceus
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Wild Potato-vineIpomoea pandurata
- Wild StrawberryFragaria virginiana
- American Vetch, Purple VetchVicia americana
- Kansas HawthornCrataegus coccinioides
- Narrowleaf VervainVerbena simplex
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- American PersimmonDiospyros virginiana
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Clammy Ground-cherryPhysalis heterophylla
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Cat GreenbrierSmilax glauca
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- Whorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata
- Common MilkweedAsclepias syriaca
- Pale Wild Bergamot; Pale Wild Bee BalmMonarda fistulosa var. mollis
- Wright's PlantainPlantago wrightiana
- Barrens MilkweedAsclepias hirtella
- Blue Ridge St. John's-wortHypericum mitchellianum
- Green AntelopehornAsclepias viridis
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Awned SedgeCarex atherodes
- Clasping MilkweedAsclepias amplexicaulis
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Lanceleaf TickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
- Prairie SedgeCarex prairea
- Prairie Straw SedgeCarex suberecta
- Four Flower LoosestrifeLysimachia quadriflora
- Spreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifolium
- Woodland BluegrassPoa sylvestris
- Blue SedgeCarex glaucodea
- Bush's SedgeCarex bushii
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Mead's SedgeCarex meadii
- Openfield SedgeCarex conoidea
- Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
- Quill SedgeCarex tenera
- Rigid SedgeCarex tetanica
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
- 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)
- Barrens native plants returning after prescribed fire, September 2020, NPS Photo / Rick Olson habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.