Habitat in West Virginia
Seeps and springs
Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs. Schafale
- Plants
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Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 177
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- False Goat's-beardAstilbe biternata
- Queen-of-the-prairieFilipendula rubra
- Foxtail ClubmossLycopodiella alopecuroides
- Twoleaf MiterwortMitella diphylla
- Allegheny BrookfoamBoykinia aconitifolia
- Fen OrchidLiparis loeselii
- Large Whorled PogoniaIsotria verticillata
- Swamp WedgescaleSphenopholis pensylvanica
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Northern Highbush BlueberryVaccinium corymbosum
- Black ChokeberryAronia melanocarpa
- Possumhaw ViburnumViburnum nudum
- Appalachian VioletViola appalachiensis
- Limber HoneysuckleLonicera dioica
- Shrubby St. John's-wortHypericum prolificum
- Blue Ridge St. John's-wortHypericum mitchellianum
- Bottlebrush SedgeCarex hystericina
- Grove BluegrassPoa alsodes
- Drooping SedgeCarex prasina
- Greater Straw SedgeCarex normalis
- Thicket SedgeCarex abscondita
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Whorled Wood-asterOclemena acuminata
- Dense Blazing-starLiatris spicata
- Blue Ridge BittercressCardamine flagellifera
- Starry Solomons PumeMaianthemum stellatum
- Rough Bent GrassAgrostis scabra
- Canada LilyLilium canadense
- American Water-pennywortHydrocotyle americana
- Swamp LousewortPedicularis lanceolata
- Creeping Manna GrassGlyceria acutiflora
- Leafy BulrushScirpus polyphyllus
- Mosquito BulrushScirpus hattorianus
- Hyssop SkullcapScutellaria integrifolia
- Variable-leaf Water-milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
- Showy Lady's-slipperCypripedium reginae
- Cymose BeaksedgeRhynchospora recognita
- Shriver's Frilly OrchidPlatanthera shriveri
- Goldie's Wood-fernDryopteris goldieana
- Giant CaneArundinaria gigantea
- Southern Blue MonkshoodAconitum uncinatum
- Stiff CowbaneOxypolis rigidior
- Canadian BurnetSanguisorba canadensis
- BuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
- Pinebarren Death-camasStenanthium leimanthoides
- Bluebead-lilyClintonia borealis
- Northern Maidenhair FernAdiantum pedatum
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.