Habitat in Virginia
Wet meadows
Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Bog Witch GrassDichanthelium lucidum
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Shining Witchgrass; Cypress Panicgrass; Shining Witch Grass; Cypress Panic GrassDichanthelium dichotomum var. nitidum
- Bog RushJuncus biflorus
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Forked RushJuncus dichotomus
- Grassleaf RushJuncus marginatus
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Canada LilyLilium canadense
- Dark-green BulrushScirpus atrovirens
- Gray's LilyLilium grayi
- Mosquito BulrushScirpus hattorianus
- Rufous BulrushScirpus pendulus
- Slender Mountain-mintPycnanthemum tenuifolium
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Compact DodderCuscuta compacta
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Swamp LousewortPedicularis lanceolata
- Allegheny Monkey FlowerMimulus ringens var. ringens
- Creeping Manna GrassGlyceria acutiflora
- Maryland Meadow Beauty; Pale Meadow BeautyRhexia mariana var. mariana
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- Tapertip FlatsedgeCyperus acuminatus
- Atlantic MannagrassGlyceria obtusa
- Fowl Manna GrassGlyceria striata var. striata
- Limp MannagrassGlyceria laxa
- Rattlesnake Manna GrassGlyceria canadensis
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Swamp AgrimonyAgrimonia parviflora
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- Big CarpetgrassAxonopus furcatus
- Bluejoint; Canada Reed GrassCalamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Rough AvensGeum laciniatum
- Short-awn Foxtail GrassAlopecurus aequalis var. aequalis
- Stiff CowbaneOxypolis rigidior
- Canadian BurnetSanguisorba canadensis
- Few Flower Nut RushScleria pauciflora var. pauciflora
- Muehlenberg's NutrushScleria muehlenbergii
- Atamasco LilyZephyranthes atamasco
- Virginia ButtonweedDiodia virginiana
- American BlueheartsBuchnera americana
- Fimbristylis puberulaFimbristylis puberula
- Queen-of-the-prairieFilipendula rubra
- Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Fen OrchidLiparis loeselii
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.