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
- 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
- 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.