Habitat in Virginia
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
- 259
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Barratt's SedgeCarex barrattii
- Beaked SedgeCarex schweinitzii
- Blister SedgeCarex vesicaria
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Broadwing SedgeCarex alata
- Bull CrowngrassPaspalum boscianum
- Catesby's BindweedCalystegia catesbeiana
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Eastern Straw SedgeCarex straminea
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
- Fowl BluegrassPoa palustris
- Goldenfruit SedgeCarex aureolensis
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Hairy-fruit SedgeCarex trichocarpa
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Kidney-shape SedgeCarex reniformis
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Pointed Broom SedgeCarex scoparia
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Slender SedgeCarex lasiocarpa var. americana
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Southern Winged LoosestrifeLythrum lanceolatum
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Cursed Buttercup; Cursed CrowfootRanunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
- Hyssopleaf Hedge-nettleStachys hyssopifolia
- Ivy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceus
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Mississippi ButtercupRanunculus laxicaulis
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Pickerel WeedPontederia cordata var. cordata
- Rough Hedge-nettleStachys aspera
- Water-plantain SpearwortRanunculus ambigens
- Slender Blue IrisIris prismatica
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Giant ArrowheadSagittaria spatulata
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Trailing LoosestrifeSteironema radicans
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Southern CattailTypha domingensis
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Cylindric-fruit SeedboxLudwigia glandulosa
- Globefruit SeedboxLudwigia sphaerocarpa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in 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.