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.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 185
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Log FernDryopteris celsa
- Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
- Nodding Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes cernua
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Woodland HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
- Brazilian WatermealWolffia brasiliensis
- Colombian WatermealWolffia columbiana
- American Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium americanum
- Robin-runawayRubus repens
- Roundfruit Hedge-hyssopGratiola virginiana
- Northern Adder's-tongueOphioglossum pusillum
- Devil's BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Eastern BoxelderAcer negundo var. negundo
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- American Fly-honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
- Shellbark HickoryCarya laciniosa
- Black AshFraxinus nigra
- Pale St. John's-wortHypericum ellipticum
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Silvery SedgeCarex canescens subsp. disjuncta
- Northern SpicebushLindera benzoin
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Woolly SedgeCarex pellita
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Turk's-cap LilyLilium superbum
- FringetreeChionanthus virginicus
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Slender MannagrassGlyceria melicaria
- Marsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Golden-clubOrontium aquaticum
- Narrowleaf GentianGentiana linearis
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- White AvensGeum canadense
- Spring AvensGeum vernum
- Cream AvensGeum virginianum
- Spinulose Wood-fernDryopteris carthusiana
- Swamp SaxifrageMicranthes pensylvanica
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 55
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- King RailRallus elegans
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- American CootFulica americana
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern ParulaParula americana
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Cerulean WarblerDendroica cerulea
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Black-and-White WarblerMniotilta varia
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Widespread birds also seen here (33)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- 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)
- The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405, William McIlvaine (1813-1867) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.














































































