Habitat in West Virginia
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 185
- Birds
- 88
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Black WillowSalix nigra
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Silky DogwoodCornus obliqua
- Rosebay RhododendronRhododendron maximum
- Calico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Smooth AzaleaRhododendron arborescens
- Pin OakQuercus palustris
- Shingle OakQuercus imbricaria
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Devil's BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Eastern BoxelderAcer negundo var. negundo
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Hooded Blue VioletViola sororia
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- LeConte's VioletViola affinis
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Appalachian GooseberryRibes rotundifolium
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis var. viridis
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- American Fly-honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Green AshFraxinus pennsylvanica
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Yellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis
- Black AshFraxinus nigra
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Common GreenbrierSmilax rotundifolia
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Frasers Marsh St. JohnswortTriadenum fraseri
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Pale St. John's-wortHypericum ellipticum
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Dioecious SedgeCarex sterilis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 88
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- King RailRallus elegans
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
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.