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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 232
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Rough BedstrawGalium asprellum
- Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanica
- Woolly WitchgrassDichanthelium scabriusculum
- Water SpeedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- Fragrant FlatsedgeCyperus odoratus
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Mullein FoxgloveDasistoma macrophyllum
- Bluntleaf WaterleafHydrophyllum canadense
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium filix-femina subsp. asplenioides
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- Allegheny BrookfoamBoykinia aconitifolia
- American FeatherfoilHottonia inflata
- Sweet Indian-plantainHasteola suaveolens
- Three Way Sedge; Threeway SedgeDulichium arundinaceum var. arundinaceum
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Smooth AzaleaRhododendron arborescens
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- LeConte's VioletViola affinis
- Downy ArrowwoodViburnum rafinesquianum
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Giant IronweedVernonia gigantea
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Bushy St. John's-wortHypericum densiflorum
- Canadian MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis var. canadensis
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- Dwarf HackberryCeltis tenuifolia
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- Fibrous-root SedgeCarex communis
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Mountain Sweet-pepperbushClethra acuminata
- Whorled Wood-asterOclemena acuminata
- Fall PhloxPhlox paniculata
- Blue Ridge BittercressCardamine flagellifera
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Widespread birds also seen here (49)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Olive-sided Flycatcher
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Veery
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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.