Habitat in West Virginia
Mountain bogs and fens
Wet, open, peaty mountain wetlands fed by seepage, often with sphagnum moss. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Starry Solomons PumeMaianthemum stellatum
- Panicum virgatum var. virgatumPanicum virgatum var. virgatum
- Savanna Mountain-mintPycnanthemum flexuosum
- Dudley's RushJuncus dudleyi
- Torreys RushJuncus torreyi
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- Fringed BromeBromus ciliatus
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Swamp LousewortPedicularis lanceolata
- Bog WillowherbEpilobium leptophyllum
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Limp MannagrassGlyceria laxa
- Rufous BulrushScirpus pendulus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Woodland BulrushScirpus expansus
- Marsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- Narrowspike ReedgrassCalamagrostis stricta subsp. inexpansa
- Virginia BunchflowerMelanthium virginicum
- Elliptic Spike RushEleocharis elliptica
- Intermediate Spike RushEleocharis intermedia
- Beaked SpikerushEleocharis rostellata
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Showy Lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
- Brownish BeaksedgeRhynchospora capitellata
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Spiked MuhlyMuhlenbergia glomerata
- White BeaksedgeRhynchospora alba
- Rough AvensGeum laciniatum
- Swamp SaxifrageMicranthes pensylvanica
- Spiranthes arcisepalaSpiranthes arcisepala
- Canadian BurnetSanguisorba canadensis
- Horned BladderwortUtricularia cornuta
- Largeleaf Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia grandifolia
- BuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
- White ColicrootAletris farinosa
- Pinebarren Death-camasStenanthium leimanthoides
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Queen-of-the-prairieFilipendula rubra
- Roundleaf SundewDrosera rotundifolia
- Tawny CottongrassEriophorum virginicum
- Northern SweetgrassHierochloe hirta
- Purple-stem AngelicaAngelica atropurpurea
- Sawtooth SunflowerHelianthus grosseserratus
- Common Velvet-grassHolcus lanatus
- 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.