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.
- Appalachian GooseberryRibes rotundifolium
- Swamp RoseRosa palustris
- Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallida
- Beaked Hazel Nut; Beaked HazelnutCorylus cornuta var. cornuta
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
- Openfield SedgeCarex conoidea
- Rigid SedgeCarex tetanica
- Fragrant BedstrawGalium triflorum
- Knotted RushJuncus nodosus
- Water HemlockCicuta maculata var. maculata
- Fringed BromeBromus ciliatus
- River OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Field MilkwortSenega sanguinea
- Canada Wood-nettleLaportea canadensis
- Slender Yellow-eyed-grassXyris torta
- Low NutrushScleria verticillata
- Swamp ThistleCirsium muticum
- Showy Tick TrefoilDesmodium canadense
- Glade SpurgeEuphorbia purpurea
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Eastern Shooting-starPrimula meadia
- Mexican MuhlyMuhlenbergia mexicana
- Seaside BrookweedSamolus parviflorus
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Carolina Tassel-rueTrautvetteria caroliniensis
- Common NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius var. opulifolius
- Upland BentgrassAgrostis perennans
- Common ElderberrySambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
- Musk Monkey-flowerErythranthe moschata
- Purple-stem AngelicaAngelica atropurpurea
- MoneywortLysimachia nummularia
- WatercressNasturtium officinale
- Trifoliate OrangePoncirus trifoliata
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.