Habitat in West Virginia
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Torreys ThoroughwortEupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum
- Bearded BeggarticksBidens aristosa
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatum
- Crowned BeggarticksBidens trichosperma
- Nodding BeggarticksBidens cernua
- Purplestem BeggarticksBidens connata
- Small BeggarticksBidens discoidea
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Strawstem BeggarticksBidens tripartita
- Tall BeggarticksBidens vulgata
- Hollow Joe-pye-weedEutrochium fistulosum
- White Morning-gloryIpomoea lacunosa
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- False Indigo-bushAmorpha fruticosa
- Halberd-leaf RosemallowHibiscus laevis
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Wild Black CurrantRibes americanum
- WingstemVerbesina alternifolia
- Arrowleaf TearthumbPersicaria sagittata
- Dotted SmartweedPersicaria punctata
- Halberd-leaf TearthumbPersicaria arifolia
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Awned SedgeCarex atherodes
- Bottlebrush SedgeCarex hystericina
- Lakebank SedgeCarex lacustris
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- Prairie SedgeCarex prairea
- Prairie Straw SedgeCarex suberecta
- Silvery SedgeCarex canescens subsp. disjuncta
- Catesby's BindweedCalystegia catesbeiana
- Cursed Buttercup; Cursed CrowfootRanunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus
- Fowl BluegrassPoa palustris
- Low SpearwortRanunculus pusillus
- Water-plantain SpearwortRanunculus ambigens
- Beaked SedgeCarex utriculata
- Blister SedgeCarex vesicaria
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Eastern Straw SedgeCarex straminea
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
No wildlife recorded in this habitat in West 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.