Habitat in West Virginia
Meadows
Open, grassy or flowery ground that is not wet, such as mountain meadows; wet meadows are separate. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Early GoldenrodSolidago juncea
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Philadelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
- Spotted Joe Pye WeedEutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- Eastern Smooth BeardtonguePenstemon laevigatus
- Purple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Davis SedgeCarex davisii
- Shorts SedgeCarex shortiana
- Northern Winged Loose StrifeLythrum alatum
- Long Leaf StarwortStellaria longifolia
- Four Flower LoosestrifeLysimachia quadriflora
- Fowl BluegrassPoa palustris
- Bush's SedgeCarex bushii
- Hay SedgeCarex argyrantha
- Muhlenbergs SedgeCarex muehlenbergii var. enervis
- Openfield SedgeCarex conoidea
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Lindheimers Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri
- Pale Indian-plantainArnoglossum atriplicifolium
- Roundseed WitchgrassDichanthelium sphaerocarpon
- Western Witch GrassDichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Cow-parsnipHeracleum maximum
- Narrow-panicle RushJuncus tweedyi
- Palespike LobeliaLobelia spicata
- Indian-tobaccoLobelia inflata
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Winter BentgrassAgrostis hyemalis
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Bog WillowherbEpilobium leptophyllum
- Plain GentianGentiana flavida
- Purple Fringeless OrchidPlatanthera peramoena
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Yellow AvensGeum aleppicum
- Southern Slender Ladies TressesSpiranthes lacera var. gracilis
- Yellow Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes ochroleuca
- Downy WoodmintBlephilia ciliata
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
- Eastern Blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium atlanticum
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Leathery GrapefernBotrychium multifidum
- Fly-poisonAmianthium muscitoxicum
- Northern SweetgrassHierochloe hirta
- Slender WedgescaleSphenopholis intermedia
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in West Virginia yet.
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.