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.
- Bulb-bearing Water-hemlockCicuta bulbifera
- Whitemouth DayflowerCommelina erecta var. erecta
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Bluejoint; Canada Reed GrassCalamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Globe FlatsedgeCyperus echinatus
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- Wirestem MuhlyMuhlenbergia frondosa
- Woodland MuhlyMuhlenbergia sylvatica
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Stiff CowbaneOxypolis rigidior
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Fragrant Sumac; Squawbush; Squaw BushRhus aromatica var. aromatica
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- Broadleaf IronweedVernonia glauca
- Climbing RoseRosa setigera
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Cooper's MilkvetchAstragalus neglectus
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Four Flower LoosestrifeLysimachia quadriflora
- Knotted RushJuncus nodosus
- Fringed BromeBromus ciliatus
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Canadian LousewortPedicularis canadensis
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Thymeleaf BluetHoustonia serpyllifolia
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicus
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Chain SpeedwellVeronica catenata
- Plume-poppyMacleaya cordata
- Silvery CockscombCelosia argentea
- Bracted VervainVerbena bracteata
- Calliopsis; Plains Coreopsis; Golden Tickseed; Ojos De Gato; Golden Tick SeedCoreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria
- Coastal Plain Joe-pye-weedEutrochium dubium
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 139
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
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.