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.
- Long Beach SeedboxLudwigia brevipes
- MaidencanePanicum hemitomon
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Raven's SeedboxLudwigia ravenii
- Stalked PanicgrassColeataenia pulchra
- Warty PanicgrassKellochloa verrucosa
- Winged SeedboxLudwigia alata
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Climbing HempweedMikania scandens
- Narrow Leaf SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
- Swamp LeatherflowerClematis crispa
- Tall Meadow-rueThalictrum pubescens
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
- Gaping GrassSteinchisma hians
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Rough WitchgrassDichanthelium leucothrix
- Savanna PanicgrassPhanopyrum gymnocarpon
- Shining Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Shining Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum
- Bighead RushJuncus megacephalus
- American SpeedwellVeronica americana
- Bulb-bearing Water-hemlockCicuta bulbifera
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- Water SpeedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- River BulrushBolboschoenus fluviatilis
- Zizania aquatica var. aquaticaZizania aquatica var. aquatica
- American Water-pennywortHydrocotyle americana
- Dark-green BulrushScirpus atrovirens
- Georgia BulrushScirpus georgianus
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Mosquito BulrushScirpus hattorianus
- Saltmarsh BulrushBolboschoenus robustus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Woodland BulrushScirpus expansus
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- Giant BristlegrassSetaria magna
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Swamp LousewortPedicularis lanceolata
- Coast Cockspur-grassEchinochloa walteri
- Allegheny Monkey FlowerMimulus ringens var. ringens
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
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.