Bird
Northern Parula
Parula americana
A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 11 habitats.
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 55 counties
- Habitats
- 11
At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- All 55 counties
- Habitats
- 11
- Habitat models
- Summer, Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in West Virginia 11
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
1 of 11
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.
Floodplain and bottomland forests
Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.
Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.
Shady, evergreen forests of eastern or Carolina hemlock, often along rocky mountain streams and in gorges.
Sheltered, moist mountain hollows and lower slopes with deep, fertile soil.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
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.
Other habitats in its models (65)
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 (39)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Brownwater Stream Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Mesic Hardwood and Mixed Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Small Brownwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
- Central and Southern Appalachian Northern Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Loess Bluff Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Summer, only within 120 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 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Mesic Slope Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Summer.
- Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Summer.
- Mississippi River Low Floodplain (Bottomland) Forest Summer.
- Mississippi River Riparian Forest Summer.
- South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
- South Florida Cypress Dome Summer and winter.
- South Florida Dwarf Cypress Savanna Winter.
- South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
- South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
- South Florida Hardwood Hammock Summer and winter.
- South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
- South Florida Pine Flatwoods Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- South Florida Pine Rockland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
- Southeast Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
- Southern Coastal Plain Blackwater River Floodplain Forest Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Cypress Dome Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Mesic Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
- Southern Piedmont Small Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
- Southwest Florida Coastal Strand and Maritime Hammock Summer and winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Summer.
Northeast (1)
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Maritime Forest Summer, only within 120 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (25)
- 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.
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Shrub Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depressions - Forest Modifier Summer.
- Mississippi River Floodplain and Riparian Forest Summer.
- Orchards Vineyards and Other High Structure Agriculture Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Burned Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Burned Shrubland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 120 m of water.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Bay/Gum Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Clethra Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Nupea Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Pine Modifier Summer.
- Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp - Okefenokee Taxodium Modifier Summer.
- Southern Piedmont Large Floodplain Forest - Forest Modifier Summer.
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 103
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
Plants 303
- Peach Leaf WillowSalix amygdaloides
- White Panicled Aster; Eastern Lined AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatum var. latifolium
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. spathulataRudbeckia fulgida var. spathulata
- Shagbark HickoryCarya ovata
- Spreading SedgeCarex laxiculmis
- Blunt Broom SedgeCarex tribuloides
- Mountain SilverbellHalesia carolina
- Smooth Hedge-nettleStachys tenuifolia
- Common Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum
- Camphor PlucheaPluchea camphorata
- Virginia Cup-plantSilphium perfoliatum var. connatum
- Heartleaf NettleUrtica chamaedryoides
Dry forests and woodlands
Birds 88
- Pine WarblerDendroica pinus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Yellow-throated WarblerDendroica dominica
- Prairie WarblerDendroica discolor
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
- Barred OwlStrix varia
Plants 192
- Eastern Winged SumacRhus copallinum var. latifolia
- American ChestnutCastanea dentata
- Godfrey's ThoroughwortEupatorium godfreyanum
- White ThoroughwortEupatorium album
- McCree's MilkpeaGalactia volubilis
- Leavenworth's SedgeCarex leavenworthii
- Southern LoosestrifeLysimachia tonsa
- Carolina LilyLilium michauxii
- Tall BellflowerCampanulastrum americanum
- Perfoliate BellwortUvularia perfoliata
- Green Pyrola, Green-flowered WintergreenPyrola chlorantha
- BeechdropsEpifagus virginiana
Moist forests
Birds 72
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blackburnian WarblerDendroica fusca
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Louisiana WaterthrushSeiurus motacilla
- Swainson's WarblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Black-throated Blue WarblerDendroica caerulescens
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
Plants 328
- Gorge GoldenrodSolidago faucibus
- Mountain HollyIlex montana
- Smooth Blue AsterSymphyotrichum laeve
- Sugar MapleAcer saccharum var. schneckii
- Sweet Scented Joe Pye WeedEutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
- Vitis cinereaVitis cinerea
- Fewflower Tick-trefoilDesmodium pauciflorum
- Umbrella MagnoliaMagnolia tripetala
- Pointedleaf Tick-trefoilDesmodium glutinosum
- Smooth Carrion-flowerSmilax herbacea
- Early BluegrassPoa cuspidata
- Rich-woods SedgeCarex oligocarpa
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Northern Parula Fresh water only
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)