| The following is a list of plant species, (trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, flowers, forbs and others) that are beneficial to wildlife and occur in West Virginia. The species listed below are not totally inclusive of all foods beneficial to wildlife only those most prominently found in scientific literature. Additionally, the distribution and relative abundance of the following species is highly variable from one locality to the next. The following definitions are not strictly botanical by any means, rather they are conveniently used to make plants recognizable to those without formal plant systematics training. Trees are tall woody plants. Shrubs are bush-like plants that are usually woody. Vines are plants with long creeping stems. Grasses are plants with non-showy flowers and are usually not woody. Flowers are plants with showy flowers (though all plants have some form of flowers for reproduction). Forbs and Others are weeds, legumes and other plants lumped into this category which don't fit well into others. REFERENCES - To see a list of references used to compile these wildlife plant listings click the link NOTE A : spp=any of several species within the genus NOTE B : W= Whitetail Deer, R= Cottontail Rabbit, B= Upland Game Birds, T= Eastern Wild Turkey NOTE C : N=Native,E=Exotic,A=Adventive Trees No.--Common Name--Scientific Name Benefitting Species Origin (See NOTE A) (See NOTE B) (See NOTE C) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1--Sugar Maple/Hard Maple--Acer saccharum W N 2--Yellow Poplar/Tulip Tree--Liriodendron tulipifera W N 3--Black Locust--Robinina psuedoacacia W N 4--Red Maple--Acer rubrum W N 5--Apple--Pyrus malus or Malus spp. W N & E spp. 6--Black Cherry--Prunus virginiana W, R, B, T N 7--Alternate Leaved Dogwood--Cornus alternifolia W, R, B, T N 8--Hemlock--Tsuga canadensis W N 9--Sumac--Rhus spp. W N 10--Yellow Birch--Betula alleghaniensis W N 11--White Sassafras--Sassafras albidum W N 12--Flowering Dogwood--Cornus florida W N 13--Persimmon--Diospyrus virginiana W, B, T N 14--Plum--Prunus spp. W N & E spp. 15--White Ash--Faxinus americana W N 16--Willow--Salix spp. W N & E spp. 17--American Elm--Ulmus americana W N 18--Red Cedar--Juniperas virginiana W N 19--Short-leaf Pine--Pinus echinata W N 20--Quaking Aspen--Populus tremuloides W N 21--Balsam Fir--Abies balsamea W N 22--Red Osier Dogwood--Cornus stolonifera W, R, B A 23--Red Mulberry--Moracea rubra R, B, T N 24--White Pine--Pinus strobus W, B, T N 25--Oak--Quercus spp. W, R, B, T N 26--Hackberry--Celtis spp. W N -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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