Habitat in West Virginia
Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits
Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubus odoratus
- Velvetleaf Blueberry, Canada BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloides
- Catawba RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense
- MinniebushMenziesia pilosa
- Roan Mountain GoldenrodSolidago roanensis
- Short's AsterSymphyotrichum shortii
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Bicknell's CranesbillGeranium bicknellii
- Staghorn SumacRhus typhina
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum nudum var. cassinoides
- Dotted HawthornCrataegus punctata
- Eastern HawthornCrataegus macrosperma
- One-flowered HawthornCrataegus uniflora
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Atlantic Poison-oakToxicodendron pubescens
- Black HuckleberryGaylussacia baccata
- Fringed Climbing BuckwheatFallopia cilinodis
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Halberd-leaf Yellow VioletViola hastata
- Prickly GooseberryRibes cynosbati
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Mountain Paper BirchBetula cordifolia
- Smoke Hole BergamotMonarda brevis
- Table Mountain PinePinus pungens
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Shinyleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
- Common RagweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- Quaking AspenPopulus tremuloides
- Eastern Prickly PearOpuntia humifusa
- American Mountain-ashSorbus americana
- Common Hairy Coreopsis; Star Tickseed; Star Tick SeedCoreopsis pubescens var. pubescens
- Common Hairy Coreopsis; Star Tickseed; Star Tick SeedCoreopsis pubescens var. robusta
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Flexuous White-edge SedgeCarex debilis var. rudgei
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Parachute SedgeCarex tonsa var. rugosperma
- Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
- Pointed Broom SedgeCarex scoparia
- Shaved SedgeCarex tonsa
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- Summer SedgeCarex aestivalis
- Great Yellow WoodsorrelOxalis grandis
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.