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.
- Four Flower LoosestrifeSteironema quadriflorum
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeSteironema lanceolatum
- Rough BedstrawGalium asprellum
- Juncus brachycephalusJuncus brachycephalus
- Knotted RushJuncus nodosus
- Starry Solomons PumeMaianthemum stellatum
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Brownfruit RushJuncus pelocarpus
- Dudley's RushJuncus dudleyi
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Torreys RushJuncus torreyi
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- Fringed BromeBromus ciliatus
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Rufous BulrushScirpus pendulus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Woodland BulrushScirpus expansus
- Bog WillowherbEpilobium leptophyllum
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Swamp LousewortPedicularis lanceolata
- Needle BeaksedgeRhynchospora capillacea
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- Brownish BeaksedgeRhynchospora capitellata
- Feather-bristle BeaksedgeRhynchospora oligantha
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- Limp MannagrassGlyceria laxa
- Marsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Elliptic Spike RushEleocharis elliptica
- Intermediate Spike RushEleocharis intermedia
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Beaked SpikerushEleocharis rostellata
- White Ladys SlipperCypripedium candidum
- Showy Lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Spiked MuhlyMuhlenbergia glomerata
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- American ReedPhragmites americanus
- Rough AvensGeum laciniatum
- Swamp SaxifrageMicranthes pensylvanica
- Spiranthes arcisepalaSpiranthes arcisepala
- Canadian BurnetSanguisorba canadensis
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Roundleaf SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Largeleaf Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia grandifolia
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.