Habitat in Virginia
Seeps and springs
Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Rooted SpikerushEleocharis radicans
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Cone-cup SpikerushEleocharis tuberculosa
- Kentucky Ladys SlipperCypripedium kentuckiense
- Slender Spike RushEleocharis verrucosa
- Twisted SpikerushEleocharis tortilis
- Cuthbert's TurtleheadChelone cuthbertii
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Showy Lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- Bog FernCoryphopteris simulata
- Coastal LovegrassEragrostis refracta
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Least DuckweedLemna minuta
- Star DuckweedLemna trisulca
- Elliott's GentianGentiana catesbaei
- Northern BugleweedLycopus uniflorus
- Nuttall's MilkwortSenega nuttallii
- Orange MilkwortSenega lutea
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grassXyris difformis
- Curtiss's Yellow-eyed-grassXyris curtissii
- Fringed Yellow-eyed-grassXyris fimbriata
- Greater Fringed GentianGentianopsis crinita
- Narrowleaf GentianGentiana linearis
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Tall Yellow-eyed-grassXyris platylepis
- Slender Sea-purslaneSesuvium maritimum
- Greater Purple Fringed OrchidPlatanthera grandiflora
- Large Round-leaved OrchidPlatanthera orbiculata
- Lesser Purple Fringed OrchidPlatanthera psycodes
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Platanthera flava var. herbiolaPlatanthera flava var. herbiola
- Purple Fringeless OrchidPlatanthera peramoena
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- Shriver's Frilly OrchidPlatanthera shriveri
- Small Green Wood OrchidPlatanthera clavellata
- Small White Fringed OrchidPlatanthera blephariglottis
- Spiked MuhlyMuhlenbergia glomerata
- Twig-rushCladium mariscoides
- Spring AvensGeum vernum
- Bent AvensGeum geniculatum
- Clinton's Wood Fern, Broad Swamp FernDryopteris clintoniana
- Goldie's Wood-fernDryopteris goldieana
- Carey's SaxifrageMicranthes careyana
- HarperellaHarperella nodosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in Virginia yet.
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)
- Weymouth Woods Gum Swamp Trail seep, ncwetlands.org habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.