Habitat in Florida
Coastal dunes and beaches
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them. Schafale
- Plants
- 187
- Birds
- 183
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Florida. Not a planting list.
- Coastal Plain WillowSalix caroliniana
- Woody GoldenrodChrysoma pauciflosculosa
- Beach MoonflowerIpomoea violacea
- Florida ThoroughwortEupatorium × anomalum
- Railroad VineIpomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
- Early Whitetop FleabaneErigeron vernus
- Quercus myrtifoliaQuercus myrtifolia
- Beach Morning-gloryIpomoea imperati
- Largeroot Morning-gloryIpomoea macrorhiza
- Late-flowering ThoroughwortEupatorium serotinum
- Coastal Mock VervainGlandularia maritima
- South Florida MilkpeaGalactia austrofloridensis
- Seabeach Evening-primroseOenothera humifusa
- Bahama NightshadeSolanum bahamense
- Godfrey's Golden AsterChrysopsis godfreyi
- Lanceleaf VioletViola lanceolata
- Little Prickly-pearOpuntia drummondii
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- SilverlingBaccharis glomeruliflora
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- Seabeach KnotweedPolygonum glaucum
- MuscadineVitis rotundifolia
- CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris
- Dune Ground-cherryPhysalis walteri
- Florida AmaranthAmaranthus floridanus
- Glowing NightshadeSolanum chenopodioides
- Common WaxmyrtleMorella cerifera
- Earleaf GreenbrierSmilax auriculata
- Coastal Beach SandmatEuphorbia mesembrianthemifolia
- Coastal Dune SandmatEuphorbia cumulicola
- Coastal RagweedAmbrosia hispida
- Curtiss' MilkweedAsclepias curtissii
- Garber's SandmatEuphorbia garberi
- Limestone SandmatEuphorbia blodgettii
- Sanddune SpurgeEuphorbia trichotoma
- Coconut PaspalumPaspalum laxum
- Gulfdune PaspalumPaspalum monostachyum
- Hairypod CowpeaVigna luteola
- Redstem PurslanePortulaca rubricaulis
- Northern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia polygonifolia
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Wild PoinsettiaEuphorbia cyathophora
- KnotgrassPaspalum distichum
- Lantana sandersii var. sandersiiLantana sandersii var. sandersii
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Swamp CottonwoodPopulus heterophylla
- Velvetleaf MilkweedAsclepias tomentosa
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
Birds 183
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American WigeonAnas americana
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Antillean NighthawkChordeiles gundlachii
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
- Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
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.