Habitat in West Virginia
Swamps
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps. Schafale
- Plants
- 185
- Birds
- 88
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in West Virginia. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 185
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Eastern LarchLarix laricina
- Swamp ButtercupRanunculus hispidus var. nitidus
- Bent SedgeCarex styloflexa
- Fringed SedgeCarex crinita
- Shoreline SedgeCarex hyalinolepis
- Weak Stellate SedgeCarex seorsa
- White-edge SedgeCarex debilis
- Swamp LoosestrifeDecodon verticillatus
- Drooping BulrushScirpus lineatus
- Creeping SpikerushEleocharis fallax
- Crested Wood-fernDryopteris cristata
- Skunk CabbageSymplocarpus foetidus
- American MistletoePhoradendron leucarpum
- Kidneyleaf TwaybladeListera smallii
- Marsh Mermaid-weedProserpinaca palustris
- Yellow ScrewstemBartonia virginica
- Silky DogwoodCornus obliqua
- Rosebay RhododendronRhododendron maximum
- Red ChokeberryAronia arbutifolia
- Swamp White OakQuercus bicolor
- Poison SumacToxicodendron vernix
- Bog SmartweedPersicaria setacea
- Yellow BirchBetula alleghaniensis
- Frasers Marsh St. JohnswortTriadenum fraseri
- Greater Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum walteri
- Dioecious SedgeCarex sterilis
- Buckthorn BumeliaSideroxylon lycioides
- Cattail SedgeCarex typhina
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Hirsute SedgeCarex complanata
- Nodding SedgeCarex gynandra
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Horsetail CrowngrassPaspalum fluitans
- Swamp-candlesLysimachia terrestris
- Swamp DockRumex verticillatus
- Narrow Leaf SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
- Coastal Plain WitchgrassDichanthelium longiligulatum
- Floating Marsh-pennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides
- Pale False MannagrassTorreyochloa pallida
- Stalkless YellowcressRorippa sessiliflora
- Virginia BugleweedLycopus virginicus
- Bog FernCoryphopteris simulata
- Common DuckweedLemna minor
- Little DuckweedLemna obscura
- Minute DuckweedLemna perpusilla
- Small Green Wood OrchidPlatanthera clavellata
- Valdivia DuckweedLemna valdiviana
- Hemlock Water-parsnipSium suave
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 0
Widespread birds also seen here (40)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Belted Kingfisher
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Chimney Swift
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Raven
- Cooper's Hawk
- Eastern Kingbird
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Horned Owl
- Least Flycatcher
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Osprey
- Purple Finch
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Veery
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
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)
- The Chickahominy Swamp LCCN2004661405, William McIlvaine (1813-1867) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.