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.
- Canadian AnemoneAnemonastrum canadense
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Southern Bog ClubmossLycopodiella appressa
- Bearded Skeleton-grassGymnopogon ambiguus
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Grove Sandwort, Blunt-leaf SandwortMoehringia lateriflora
- Rough Rattlesnake RootPrenanthes aspera
- American Wild CarrotDaucus pusillus
- Ashy SunflowerHelianthus mollis
- Common PepperweedLepidium densiflorum
- David's SpurgeEuphorbia davidii
- DogweedDyssodia papposa
- Globular Prairie Cone FlowerRatibida pinnata
- Heavy SedgeCarex gravida
- Hoary VervainVerbena stricta
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Lanceleaf RagweedAmbrosia bidentata
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Pink Evening-primroseOenothera speciosa
- Prairie-tea CrotonCroton monanthogynus
- Purple MeadowrueThalictrum dasycarpum
- Rocky Mountain SageSalvia reflexa
- Rose VervainGlandularia canadensis
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Upright Prairie ConeflowerRatibida columnifera
- Western Dwarf DandelionKrigia occidentalis
- Western OxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides var. scabra
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
- Woolly CrotonCroton capitatus
- Woolly PlantainPlantago patagonica
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.