Habitat in West Virginia
Mountain bogs and fens
Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Prairie WillowSalix humilis
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Heart Leaf WillowSalix eriocephala
- Peat-loving GoldenrodSolidago rugosa var. sphagnophila
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Spotted Joe Pye WeedEutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
- Blue VervainVerbena hastata
- Midwestern Evening-primroseOenothera pilosella
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- American Fly-honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
- Pitch PinePinus rigida
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Northern MaleberryLyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina
- Marsh PeaLathyrus palustris
- Alder Leaf BuckthornRhamnus alnifolia
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Virginia Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum virginicum
- Awned SedgeCarex atherodes
- Bottlebrush SedgeCarex hystericina
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Dioecious SedgeCarex sterilis
- Inland SedgeCarex interior
- Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue FlagIris versicolor
- Prairie SedgeCarex prairea
- Prairie Straw SedgeCarex suberecta
- Star SedgeCarex echinata subsp. echinata
- Northern Winged Loose StrifeLythrum alatum
- Four Flower LoosestrifeLysimachia quadriflora
- Blister SedgeCarex vesicaria
- Buxbaum's SedgeCarex buxbaumii
- Crested SedgeCarex cristatella
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
- Fewseed SedgeCarex oligosperma
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Hairy-fruit SedgeCarex trichocarpa
- Necklace SedgeCarex projecta
- Openfield SedgeCarex conoidea
- Rigid SedgeCarex tetanica
- Sallow SedgeCarex lurida
- Slender SedgeCarex lasiocarpa var. americana
- Woolly SedgeCarex pellita
- Epling's Hedge-nettleStachys eplingii
- Northern White CedarThuja occidentalis
- Lanceleaf LoosestrifeLysimachia lanceolata
- Rough BedstrawGalium asprellum
- Knotted RushJuncus nodosus
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.