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
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
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.