Habitat in West Virginia
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Hairy-fruit SedgeCarex trichocarpa
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Pointed Broom SedgeCarex scoparia
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Slender SedgeCarex lasiocarpa var. americana
- Smooth-sheath SedgeCarex laevivaginata
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. maxima
- Stalk Grain Sedge; Owlfruit SedgeCarex stipata var. stipata
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
- Rough Hedge-nettleStachys aspera
- Broad Leaf Arrow HeadSagittaria latifolia var. latifolia
- Delta ArrowheadSagittaria platyphylla
- Grassy ArrowheadSagittaria graminea
- Longbeak ArrowheadSagittaria australis
- Pale DockRumex altissimus
- Broadleaf CattailTypha latifolia
- Stalked PanicgrassPanicum rigidulum subsp. elongatum
- Narrow Leaf SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Tall Meadow-rueThalictrum pubescens
- American SpeedwellVeronica americana
- Anglestem Primrose-willowLudwigia leptocarpa
- Bulb-bearing Water-hemlockCicuta bulbifera
- Bushy SeedboxLudwigia alternifolia
- Marsh SeedboxLudwigia palustris
- Virginia Mountain-mintPycnanthemum virginianum
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- Water SpeedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
- Wingleaf Primrose-willowLudwigia decurrens
- Canada GermanderTeucrium canadense var. canadense
- American Water-pennywortHydrocotyle americana
- Swamp LousewortPedicularis lanceolata
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- River BulrushBolboschoenus fluviatilis
- Allegheny Monkey FlowerMimulus ringens var. ringens
- Branched Bur ReedSparganium androcladum
- Dark-green BulrushScirpus atrovirens
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Georgia BulrushScirpus georgianus
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Marsh BristlegrassSetaria parviflora
- Mosquito BulrushScirpus hattorianus
- Sharpwing Monkey-flowerMimulus alatus
- Slender MannagrassGlyceria melicaria
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
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.