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Common Raven

Corvus corax

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in 29 of 55 counties, across 16 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
29 of 55 counties
Habitats
16

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
29 of 55 counties
Habitats
16
Habitat models
Year-round

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in West Virginia 16

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 16

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Year-round

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

Year-roundSouthern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest - Xeric; Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Hardwood; Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest; Central Appalachian Oak and Pine Forest; Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland; Southern Appalachian Montane Pine Forest and Woodland

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Year-roundCentral Appalachian Riparian - Forest Modifier; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central Interior and Appalachian Floodplain Systems; Central Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian; South-Central Interior Large Floodplain

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Year-roundDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.

Year-roundNorth-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus; Southern Interior Acid Cliff

Hemlock forests

Shady, evergreen forests of eastern or Carolina hemlock, often along rocky mountain streams and in gorges.

Year-roundAppalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Moderately dry forests

Forests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.

Year-roundNortheastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Southern and Central Appalachian Oak Forest

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Year-roundSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic Forest

Mountain balds

Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.

Year-roundSouthern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier

Rich cove forests

Sheltered, moist mountain hollows and lower slopes with deep, fertile soil.

Year-roundSouthern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-roundDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field

Shale barrens

Steep, sun-baked slopes of loose shale with sparse oaks and Virginia pine and their own endemic wildflowers. Linked only where the source names shale barrens; calcareous shale stays with the limestone glades.

Year-round

Spruce-fir forests

Cool, evergreen forests of red spruce and Fraser fir on the highest mountains.

Year-round

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Year-roundCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; Cumberland Riverscour; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

Year-roundCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp Systems

Tree plantations and managed pine

Planted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.

Year-roundDeciduous Plantation; Evergreen Plantation or Managed Pine; Managed Tree Plantation
Other habitats in its models (84)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round.
  • Developed, High Intensity Year-round.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Year-round.
  • Barren Land Year-round.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Year-round.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Year-round.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Year-round.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Year-round.
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Year-round.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Year-round.
  • Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Year-round.
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Year-round.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Year-round.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest-Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Year-round.
  • Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Year-round.
  • Crosstimbers Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Dry Oak Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Beech-Maple Forest Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Dry Upland Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Post Oak Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Oak Dome and Hammock Year-round.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Hardwood Modifier Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Dry Oak Forest - Virginia/Pitch Pine Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Loblolly Pine Modifier Year-round.
  • Allegheny-Cumberland Dry Oak Forest and Woodland - Pine Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest - Pine modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-Heath Forest - Mixed Modifier Year-round.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Southeastern Interior Longleaf Pine Woodland Year-round.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Dry Oak-(Pine) Forest Year-round.
  • Acadian Low-Elevation Spruce-Fir-Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Ridge and Valley Dry Calcareous Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Appalachian Low Mountain Pine Forest Year-round.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Year-round.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Pine Forest and Woodland Year-round.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Year-round.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Year-round.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Year-round.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Year-round.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Year-round.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Year-round.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Year-round.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Year-round.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Year-round.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Year-round.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Year-round.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Year-round.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Year-round.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Year-round.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Treed Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Year-round.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Year-round.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Year-round.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Year-round.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Year-round.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Year-round.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Year-round.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Year-round.
  • Southern Piedmont/Ridge and Valley Upland Depression Swamp Year-round.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Year-round.
  • Tamaulipan Riparian Systems Year-round.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Year-round.
  • South-Central Interior / Upper Coastal Plain Wet Flatwoods Year-round.
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Year-round.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Year-round: nests here, in 29 of 55 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 926

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 212

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in West Virginia. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources