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
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 130
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Schuette's HawthornCrataegus schuettei
- Small's RagwortPackera anonyma
- Halberd-leaf Yellow VioletViola hastata
- Prickly GooseberryRibes cynosbati
- Mountain Paper BirchBetula cordifolia
- Table Mountain PinePinus pungens
- Shinyleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa
- American Mountain-ashSorbus americana
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Bristle-leaf SedgeCarex eburnea
- Flexuous White-edge SedgeCarex debilis var. rudgei
- Parachute SedgeCarex tonsa var. rugosperma
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Northern Blazing-starLiatris scariosa
- Moss PhloxPhlox subulata
- Standleys GoosefootChenopodium standleyanum
- Fire PinkSilene virginica var. virginica
- Mountain Meadow-rueThalictrum clavatum
- Bearberry, KinnikinickArctostaphylos uva-ursi
- Lopsided RushJuncus secundus
- Starry CampionSilene stellata
- Toothed Whitetop AsterSericocarpus caespitosus
- Winter BentgrassAgrostis hyemalis
- Scentless Mock-orangePhiladelphus inodorus
- Flattened OatgrassDanthonia compressa
- Poverty OatgrassDanthonia spicata
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Northern Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis
- Brownish BeaksedgeRhynchospora capitellata
- Low FrostweedCrocanthemum propinquum
- Marginal Wood-fernDryopteris marginalis
- Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Snow TrilliumTrillium nivale
- American HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Forked BluecurlsTrichostema dichotomum
- American DittanyCunila origanoides
- Allegheny BrookfoamBoykinia aconitifolia
- Purple-flowering RaspberryRubus odoratus
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Witherod ViburnumViburnum nudum var. cassinoides
- Common Browneyed Susan; Common Three Lobed ConeflowerRudbeckia triloba var. triloba
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- PineweedHypericum gentianoides
- Sharpleaf St. John's-wortHypericum virgatum
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.