Habitat in West Virginia
Freshwater marshes
Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water. Schafale
- Plants
- 166
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Green Arrow-arumPeltandra virginica
- Short's Hedge-hyssopGratiola viscidula
- Three Way Sedge; Threeway SedgeDulichium arundinaceum var. arundinaceum
- Annual Sea-bliteSuaeda linearis
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- Creeping CucumberMelothria pendula
- European BugleweedLycopus europaeus
- Giant ArrowheadSagittaria montevidensis
- Many-spike FlatsedgeCyperus polystachyos
- Narrowleaf SunflowerHelianthus angustifolius
- PeppervineNekemias arborea
- Purple-stem AngelicaAngelica atropurpurea
- Ricefield FlatsedgeCyperus iria
- Rocky Mountain SageSalvia reflexa
- Triangle OrachAtriplex prostrata
- Water-chickweedMyosoton aquaticum
- European SweetflagAcorus calamus
- Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
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.