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Habitats in Florida

Places plants grow wild in Florida, with the plants and animals found in each.

37 habitats

  1. Cliffs, ledges and rocky summitsCliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead.42 plants, 0 animals
  2. Coastal dunes and beachesOpen sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.187 plants, 183 animals
  3. Coastal Plain hammocksDense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.554 plants, 125 animals
  4. Coastal Plain seepage bogsOpen, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.63 plants, 84 animals
  5. Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.35 plants, 112 animals
  6. Depression ponds and limesinksShallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.124 plants, 119 animals
  7. Disturbed and introduced wetlandsWet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.58 plants, 202 animals
  8. Dry forests and woodlandsForests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.130 plants, 79 animals
  9. Floodplain and bottomland forestsForests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.286 plants, 130 animals
  10. Florida scrubEvergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills.100 plants, 64 animals
  11. Forest edges and thicketsBorders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.139 plants, 106 animals
  12. Forests and woodlandsForest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.459 plants, 0 animals
  13. Freshwater marshesOpen, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.251 plants, 142 animals
  14. Freshwater tidal marshesMarshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.21 plants, 124 animals
  15. Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestoneOpen, thin-soil openings and rock on limestone, dolomite or other lime-rich rock, including cedar glades.80 plants, 0 animals
  16. Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rockOpen, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro.34 plants, 0 animals
  17. Granite and other acidic rock outcropsBare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.28 plants, 0 animals
  18. Mangrove swampsTidal forests and thickets of red, black and white mangrove along sheltered tropical and subtropical shores.28 plants, 85 animals
  19. Maritime forests and thicketsSalt-pruned forests and shrub thickets behind coastal dunes.48 plants, 94 animals
  20. MeadowsOpen, grassy or flowery ground that is not wet, such as mountain meadows; wet meadows are separate.19 plants, 0 animals
  21. Moderately dry forestsForests between dry and moist, often oak-hickory on slopes.10 plants, 0 animals
  22. Moist forestsForests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.174 plants, 91 animals
  23. Oak savannas and openingsOpen-grown oaks over grass and wildflowers, kept open by fire or thin soil; not the treeless prairies or the Coastal Plain's pine savannas.4 plants, 0 animals
  24. Pine flatwoodsFlat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.315 plants, 127 animals
  25. Pine savannasOpen, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.339 plants, 131 animals
  26. Pocosins and bay forestsDense evergreen shrub wetlands and bay forests on wet, acid peat of the Coastal Plain.73 plants, 93 animals
  27. Ponds, lakes and their shoresStill water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.253 plants, 137 animals
  28. Prairies and grasslandsOpen, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.239 plants, 72 animals
  29. Roadsides, fields and disturbed groundGround opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.1,524 plants, 167 animals
  30. Salt and brackish marshesCoastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.56 plants, 136 animals
  31. SandhillsDry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.352 plants, 71 animals
  32. Seeps and springsPlaces where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.140 plants, 0 animals
  33. Sounds, bays and tidal flatsSalt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.10 plants, 101 animals
  34. Streams, rivers and their banksFlowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.214 plants, 0 animals
  35. SwampsForested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.353 plants, 154 animals
  36. Tree plantations and managed pinePlanted or intensively managed stands of pine or hardwoods grown for timber; a land use rather than a natural community.3 plants, 98 animals
  37. Wet meadowsOpen, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.41 plants, 0 animals

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