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Louisiana Waterthrush

Seiurus motacilla

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 7 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
7

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
7
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 7

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

1 of 7

Swamps

The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405
SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Swamp SystemsWilliam McIlvaine, The Chickahominy Swamp (1862): wind-tossed swamp trees standing in dark water under a storm. Shown: Chickahominy Swamp, Virginia, a neighboring state.The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405, William McIlvaine (1813-1867), 1862. Public domain. Source record.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

SummerCentral Appalachian Floodplain - Forest Modifier; Central 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

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerCentral Interior and Appalachian Riparian Systems; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Moist forests

Woods Scene
SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest; South-Central Interior Mesophytic ForestHarvey Joiner, Woods Scene: tall beeches in a moist Kentucky woodland, light falling through a closed canopy onto a damp forest floor. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Kentucky beech woods (Harvey Joiner, Louisville painter of Kentucky beech forests; the painting does not name the site), a neighboring state.Woods Scene, Harvey Joiner, c. 1880-1920. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

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

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Central and Southern Appalachian Montane Oak Forest

Hemlock forests

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

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Appalachian Hemlock-Hardwood Forest

Rich cove forests

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

SummerOnly within 60 m of water.Southern and Central Appalachian Cove Forest
Other habitats in its models (41)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia. Those recorded in West Virginia first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (30)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Flatwoods Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
  • Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
  • Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Ouachita Montane Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • Ozark-Ouachita Riparian Summer.
  • Red River Large Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • South Florida Cypress Dome Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Summer.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest Summer.
Northeast (2)
  • North-Central Interior Wet Flatwoods Summer.
  • Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Basin Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest Summer.
Midwest (1)
  • North-Central Interior Maple-Basswood Forest Summer, only within 60 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (8)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Blackwater Stream Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Oak Dominated Modifier Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Nonriverine Swamp and Wet Hardwood Forest - Taxodium/Nyssa Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
  • Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Summer: nests here, in all 55 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in West Virginia, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 92

Plants 303

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in West Virginia

Moist forests

Birds 62

Plants 328

All of moist forests in West Virginia

Streams, rivers and their banks

Birds 88

Plants 232

All of streams, rivers and their banks in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources