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.
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Earleaf False FoxgloveAgalinis auriculata
- Warty SpurgeEuphorbia spathulata
- Dwarf LarkspurDelphinium tricorne
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardi
- Appalachian Blazing-starLiatris squarrulosa
- Colicroot; Loosescale Gayfeather; Scaly Blazing Star; Colic Root; Loosescale Gay Feather; Scaly BlazingstarLiatris squarrosa var. squarrosa
- Common Golden-AlexandersZizia aurea
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Rough Blazing-starLiatris aspera
- Waxyleaf Meadow-rueThalictrum amphibolum
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Starved WitchgrassDichanthelium depauperatum
- White Hair WitchgrassDichanthelium villosissimum var. villosissimum
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- Common YuccaYucca filamentosa
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Grooved Yellow FlaxLinum sulcatum
- Yellow IndiangrassSorghastrum nutans
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Nodding Rattlesnake-rootPrenanthes crepidinea
- Dwarf SkullcapScutellaria parvula
- Southern SkullcapScutellaria parvula var. australis
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Fragrant Rabbit-tobaccoPseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Lanceleaf BluetHoustonia purpurea var. calycosa
- Wafer Ash; Hop TreePtelea trifoliata var. trifoliata
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Elliptic Spike RushEleocharis elliptica
- Hairy AngelicaAngelica venenosa
- Spoonleaf Purple EverlastingGamochaeta purpurea
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Hairy Wild-petuniaRuellia humilis
- Plain GentianGentiana flavida
- Thimble Weed; Tall AnemoneAnemone virginiana var. virginiana
- Hair-awn MuhlyMuhlenbergia capillaris
- Lanceleaf ScurfpeaOrbexilum onobrychis
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Hoary FrostweedCrocanthemum bicknellii
- Rough False PennyroyalHedeoma hispida
- Side Oats Grama; Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
- Tower MustardTurritis glabra
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Wild HyacinthCamassia scilloides
- White Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium albidum
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.