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
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Yellow-rumped WarblerDendroica coronata
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.