Habitat in West Virginia
Wet meadows
Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog. 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 89
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Fen OrchidLiparis loeselii
- Bottlebrush SedgeCarex hystericina
- Frightful SedgeCarex molestiformis
- Hop SedgeCarex lupulina
- Virginia IrisIris virginica
- Canada LilyLilium canadense
- Swamp LousewortPedicularis lanceolata
- Common Three Square BulrushSchoenoplectus pungens var. pungens
- Creeping Manna GrassGlyceria acutiflora
- Mosquito BulrushScirpus hattorianus
- Softstem BulrushSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Bluejoint; Canada Reed GrassCalamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis
- Culver's-rootVeronicastrum virginicum
- Tall Hairy AgrimonyAgrimonia gryposepala
- Stiff CowbaneOxypolis rigidior
- Canadian BurnetSanguisorba canadensis
- Grove Sandwort, Blunt-leaf SandwortMoehringia lateriflora
- Tall Flat Top AsterDoellingeria umbellata var. umbellata
- Roundhead LespedezaLespedeza capitata
- Awned SedgeCarex atherodes
- Four Flower LoosestrifeLysimachia quadriflora
- Emory's SedgeCarex emoryi
- Rigid SedgeCarex tetanica
- Knotted RushJuncus nodosus
- Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica
- New York IronweedVernonia noveboracensis
- Canadian RushJuncus canadensis
- Scarlet Indian-paintbrushCastilleja coccinea
- Cuscuta gronovii var. gronoviiCuscuta gronovii var. gronovii
- Royal FernOsmunda spectabilis
- Meadow SpikemossSelaginella apoda
- Marshpepper SmartweedPersicaria hydropiper
- Prickly FanpetalsSida spinosa
- Sessile Fruit ArrowheadSagittaria rigida
- Purple-stem AngelicaAngelica atropurpurea
- True Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
- Water-chickweedMyosoton aquaticum
- European SweetflagAcorus calamus
- Common Velvet-grassHolcus lanatus
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
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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)
- Big Meadows- A Wonderful Wetland (22680719718), Katy Cain / Shenandoah National Park (NPS) habitat picture
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.