Habitat in West Virginia
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals. Schafale
- Plants
- 232
- Birds
- 139
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Tall Blue Wild IndigoBaptisia australis
- River BirchBetula nigra
- Black AshFraxinus nigra
- Low Rough Aster, Rough-leaved AsterEurybia radula
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis
- Red Buckeye; Scarlet BuckeyeAesculus pavia var. pavia
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Narrowleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea alba var. alba
- Scarlet BeebalmMonarda didyma
- Virginia SpiraeaSpiraea virginiana
- Pale St. John's-wortHypericum ellipticum
- Southern Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum tubulosum
- Ohio BuckeyeAesculus glabra var. glabra
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- White Water CrowfootRanunculus longirostris
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Eastern WahooEuonymus atropurpureus
- Cursed Buttercup; Cursed CrowfootRanunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
- Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
- Four Flower LoosestrifeLysimachia quadriflora
- Fowl BluegrassPoa palustris
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Graceful SedgeCarex gracillima
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- Twisted SedgeCarex torta
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Horsetail CrowngrassPaspalum fluitans
- Mountain Sweet-pepperbushClethra acuminata
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Whorled Wood-asterOclemena acuminata
- Rough BedstrawGalium asprellum
- Engelmann's ArrowheadSagittaria engelmanniana
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- American BittercressCardamine rotundifolia
- Blue Ridge BittercressCardamine flagellifera
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 139
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asio
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
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.