Habitat in Virginia
Wet meadows
Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Downy GoldenrodSolidago puberula
- New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae
- Purple Stem Aster; Swamp Aster; Bristly AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Devil's BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Awnless BeggarticksBidens polylepis
- Nodding BeggarticksBidens cernua
- Purplestem BeggarticksBidens connata
- Strawstem BeggarticksBidens comosa
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Glaucous Evening PrimroseOenothera tetragona
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Low Rough Aster, Rough-leaved AsterEurybia radula
- SteeplebushSpiraea tomentosa
- Pale St. John's-wortHypericum ellipticum
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Awned SedgeCarex atherodes
- Bottlebrush SedgeCarex hystericina
- False Summer SedgeCarex aestivaliformis
- Inland SedgeCarex interior
- Hairy Hedge-nettleStachys arenicola
- Yadkin Hedge-nettleStachys matthewsii
- Beaked SedgeCarex schweinitzii
- Crested SedgeCarex cristatella
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
- Fescue SedgeCarex festucacea
- Frightful SedgeCarex molestiformis
- Hairy-fruit SedgeCarex trichocarpa
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Rigid SedgeCarex tetanica
- Woolly SedgeCarex pellita
- Epling's Hedge-nettleStachys eplingii
- Hispid Hedge-nettle, Bristly Hedge-nettleStachys hispida
- Sessile Fruit ArrowheadSagittaria rigida
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Four Flower LoosestrifeSteironema quadriflorum
- Lowland LoosestrifeSteironema hybridum
- Rough BedstrawGalium asprellum
- Swamp-candlesLysimachia terrestris
- Purple False FoxgloveAgalinis purpurea
- Hidden-flower WitchgrassDichanthelium cryptanthum
- Warty PanicgrassKellochloa verrucosa
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- Knotted RushJuncus nodosus
- Blue WitchgrassDichanthelium caerulescens
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)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.