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.
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- HorseradishArmoracia rusticana
- Musk Monkey-flowerErythranthe moschata
- Palmer's AmaranthAmaranthus palmeri
- Sharpleaf CancerwortKickxia elatine
- Southern CatalpaCatalpa bignonioides
- Splitlip Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida
- Spoonleaf SundewDrosera intermedia
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- European Gray WillowSalix cinerea
- Japanese MazusMazus pumilus
- Ludwigia grandifloraLudwigia grandiflora
- Mahaleb CherryPrunus mahaleb
- Porcelain-berryAmpelopsis glandulosa
- Purple-osier WillowSalix purpurea
- Red Morning-gloryIpomoea coccinea
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Vietnamese BalmElsholtzia ciliata
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
- David's SpurgeEuphorbia davidii
- Northern CatalpaCatalpa speciosa
- Pink TurtleheadChelone lyonii
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- SweetshrubCalycanthus floridus
- Weeping WillowSalix babylonica
- Osage-orangeMaclura pomifera
- Hortulan PlumPrunus hortulana
- Purple-stem AngelicaAngelica atropurpurea
- Curly PondweedPotamogeton crispus
- Poison-hemlockConium maculatum
- True Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
- Colt's-footTussilago farfara
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Orange Day-lilyHemerocallis fulva
- Orange-eye Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Parrot-featherMyriophyllum aquaticum
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Trifoliate OrangePoncirus trifoliata
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 101
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- American CootFulica americana
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
- Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus
Widespread birds also seen here (38)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Cooper's Hawk
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Towhee
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- 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.