Habitat in Virginia
Mountain bogs and fens
Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss. Schafale
- Plants
- 110
- Birds
- 73
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Peat-loving GoldenrodSolidago aestivalis
- Bog RagwortPackera crawfordii
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Spotted Joe Pye WeedEutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- Carolina LaurelKalmia carolina
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- American Fly-honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
- Pitch PinePinus rigida
- Northern MaleberryLyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Narrowleaf LespedezaLespedeza angustifolia
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Awned SedgeCarex atherodes
- Bottlebrush SedgeCarex hystericina
- Dioecious SedgeCarex sterilis
- Inland SedgeCarex interior
- Prairie SedgeCarex prairea
- Prairie Straw SedgeCarex suberecta
- Star SedgeCarex echinata subsp. echinata
- Yellow Sedge, Green SedgeCarex flava
- Hairy Hedge-nettleStachys arenicola
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- Sweet-galeMyrica gale
- Blister SedgeCarex vesicaria
- Buxbaum's SedgeCarex buxbaumii
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Crested SedgeCarex cristatella
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Hairy-fruit SedgeCarex trichocarpa
- Necklace SedgeCarex projecta
- Northern Winged Loose StrifeLythrum alatum
- Openfield SedgeCarex conoidea
- Rigid SedgeCarex tetanica
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Slender SedgeCarex lasiocarpa var. americana
- Woolly SedgeCarex pellita
- Appalachian Hedge-nettleStachys appalachiana
- Epling's Hedge-nettleStachys eplingii
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 73
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American GoldfinchCarduelis tristis
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora pinus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Canada WarblerWilsonia canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
- Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescens
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), 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.