Habitat in West Virginia
Seeps and springs
Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs. Schafale
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Shining WillowSalix lucida
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Longstalk HollyIlex collina
- Northern Roughleaf GoldenrodSolidago patula
- Purple Stem Aster; Swamp Aster; Bristly AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Marsh Blue VioletViola cucullata
- American Dog VioletViola labradorica
- Appalachian VioletViola appalachiensis
- Downy ServiceberryAmelanchier arborea
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Appalachian GooseberryRibes rotundifolium
- Skunk CurrantRibes glandulosum
- Small SundropsOenothera perennis
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Black AshFraxinus nigra
- Schrebers Wood AsterEurybia schreberi
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Broadleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea alba var. latifolia
- Narrowleaf MeadowsweetSpiraea alba var. alba
- Scarlet BeebalmMonarda didyma
- Blue Ridge St. John's-wortHypericum mitchellianum
- Frasers Marsh St. JohnswortTriadenum fraseri
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Bottlebrush SedgeCarex hystericina
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Inland SedgeCarex interior
- Star SedgeCarex echinata subsp. echinata
- Beaked Hazel Nut; Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornuta var. cornuta
- Tennessee StarwortStellaria corei
- Grove BluegrassPoa alsodes
- Bailey's SedgeCarex baileyi
- Beaked SedgeCarex utriculata
- Buxbaum's SedgeCarex buxbaumii
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- Eastern Rough SedgeCarex scabrata
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
- Fewseed SedgeCarex oligosperma
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
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.