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.
- Woodland BulrushScirpus expansus
- Woolgrass BulrushScirpus cyperinus
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- Lanceleaf FrogfruitPhyla lanceolata
- Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria lateriflora
- American GroundnutApios americana
- Bog YellowcressRorippa palustris
- Coast Cockspur-grassEchinochloa walteri
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- Fragrant FlatsedgeCyperus odoratus
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Redroot FlatsedgeCyperus erythrorhizos
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Yellow FlatsedgeCyperus flavescens
- American BugleweedLycopus americanus
- American Water-plantainAlisma subcordatum
- Swamp AgrimonyAgrimonia parviflora
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Bald SpikerushEleocharis erythropoda
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- Common SpikerushEleocharis palustris
- Englemann's SpikerushEleocharis engelmannii
- Needle SpikerushEleocharis acicularis
- Slender Spike RushEleocharis tenuis var. tenuis
- Squarestem SpikerushEleocharis quadrangulata
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Taperleaf BugleweedLycopus rubellus
- Eastern Marsh FernThelypteris palustris var. pubescens
- Rice CutgrassLeersia oryzoides
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Soapwort GentianGentiana saponaria
- Ragged Fringed OrchidPlatanthera lacera
- Yellow-fringed OrchidPlatanthera ciliaris
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Spring Ladies'-tressesSpiranthes vernalis
- Canadian ClearweedPilea pumila
- Lesser ClearweedPilea fontana
- Marsh BellflowerPalustricodon aparinoides
- Scarlet ToothcupAmmannia coccinea
- BuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
- Lowland RotalaRotala ramosior
- Common Rose-pinkSabatia angularis
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
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.