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.
- BuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
- Slender Rose-gentianSabatia campanulata
- Ten Angled Pipewort; Hat Pin; Bog ButtonEriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Pinebarren Death-camasStenanthium leimanthoides
- Queen-of-the-prairieFilipendula rubra
- Tawny CottongrassEriophorum virginicum
- Hairy Umbrella SedgeFuirena squarrosa
- Hemlock-parsleyConioselinum chinense
- Pink BogbuttonSclerolepis uniflora
- Wand-like Three-awnAristida virgata
- Alder Leaf BuckthornEndotropis alnifolia
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Common Velvet-grassHolcus lanatus
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.